republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-2506.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HORSE RACING-AED-TRAINING"
description: "Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to certain charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. Requires that the AEDs be accessible at all times to industry workers. Provides that qualified charitable organizations receiving the charitable contributions shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. Requires the Board to conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2506"
citation: "Illinois HB 2506 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92dd701-bdd7-426b-a0e6-c861ab429984"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2506&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74302&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "999ad32a244bd664d0ca050191dc09b4c3dcbdfef5582339de97920b31fae596"
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 HB 2506 (98th) — HORSE RACING-AED-TRAINING

Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. Provides that, in addition to certain charitable contributions to non-profit organizations that provide medical and family, counseling, and similar services to persons who reside or work on the backstretch of Illinois racetracks, organization licensees shall provide funding for no less than one Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to be placed in the paddock of their racing facilities and no less than one AED to be placed in the barn area of their racing facilities. Requires that the AEDs be accessible at all times to industry workers. Provides that qualified charitable organizations receiving the charitable contributions shall provide annual AED training, in English and Spanish, to horsemen and racetrack personnel. Requires the Board to conduct periodic checks on the AEDs and notify organization licensees to replace or repair them as needed. 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=09800HB2506&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74302&DocNum=2506&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2506eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74302&DocNum=2506&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2506enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74302&DocNum=2506&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2013-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2013-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2013-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2013-04-23** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2013-05-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2013-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0423 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a92dd701-bdd7-426b-a0e6-c861ab429984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).