Bill Title: Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, specifies that the program must (i) promote public awareness regarding the impact of gambling disorders on individuals, families, and communities and the stigma that surrounds gambling disorders and (ii) use screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means to decrease the number of suicide attempts related to a gambling disorder or gambling issues. Requires the Department of Human Services to designate a gambling disorder assistance statement, which each licensed gambling establishment owner shall post and each master sports wagering licensee shall include on the master sports wagering licensee's portal, Internet website, or computer or mobile application. Permits the Department to provide advice to State and local officials on gambling disorders; to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects; to collaborate with other community-based organizations, substance use disorder treatment centers, or other health care providers engaged in treating individuals who are experiencing gambling disorder; and to perform other actions. Permits the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Requires the Illinois Gaming Board to allow sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing to keep their previously issued Board identification cards. Requires the Board to issue photographic identification cards to sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing that indicate their separation from service and identify the person as having been employed by the Board as sworn law enforcement personnel. Provides that if a Board-issued identification card is lost or stolen, the Board shall immediately re-issue a replacement identification card upon written request by the retired sworn law enforcement personnel. Allows an applicant hired exclusively to perform functions that are not related in any way to gaming operations to be licensed as an employee of an owners licensee prior to the Board receiving a response to the applicant's required fingerprint submission. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB5367 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Harry Benton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Didech [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thaddeus Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Curtis Tarver [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregg Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Kelly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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