republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING-SIMULCAST WAGER"
description: "Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that an organization licensee shall have authority to determine and set hours of operation and days of operation for inter-track wagering under an inter-track wagering license and inter-track wagering location license and to determine wagering on simulcast programs on out-of-state races at wagering facilities at which inter-track wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from the organization licensee conduct business. Further provides that non-host licensees may accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted (rather than shall accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted). Provides that inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from a particular organization licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only at locations that are within 140 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing (rather than only at locations which are either within 90 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing or within 135 miles of that race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing) and deletes a distinction for such race tracks located in counties of less than 400,000. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3318"
citation: "Illinois SB 3318 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8d22a4-d433-4c71-854d-a7c60067edbd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3318&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80515&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "4cc056e62d893d395a4cdfec6eb81cd364326fdc954c4710360b659e2873bfe1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 3318 (98th) — HORSE RACING-SIMULCAST WAGER

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that an organization licensee shall have authority to determine and set hours of operation and days of operation for inter-track wagering under an inter-track wagering license and inter-track wagering location license and to determine wagering on simulcast programs on out-of-state races at wagering facilities at which inter-track wagering licensees and inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from the organization licensee conduct business. Further provides that non-host licensees may accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted (rather than shall accept wagers on all races included as part of a simulcast program upon which wagering is permitted). Provides that inter-track wagering location licensees who derive their licenses from a particular organization licensee shall conduct inter-track wagering and simulcast wagering only at locations that are within 140 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing (rather than only at locations which are either within 90 miles of the race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing or within 135 miles of that race track where the particular organization licensee is licensed to conduct racing) and deletes a distinction for such race tracks located in counties of less than 400,000. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3318&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80515&DocNum=3318&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3318eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80515&DocNum=3318&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3318enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80515&DocNum=3318&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2014-03-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-03-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
- **2014-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2014-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2014-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2014-04-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-020-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2014
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0968 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8d22a4-d433-4c71-854d-a7c60067edbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).