Bill Text: IL HB4324 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates the Social Gaming Act. Provides that no person may operate a social gaming board game or manufacture and distribute social gaming boards without a license issued by the Illinois Gaming Board. Provides that the Board shall license social gaming board manufacturers, social gaming board distributors, and social gaming locations and specifies license fees. Provides that the Board shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, no later than December 31, 2024 and each year thereafter through 2028, on the implementation and administration of the Act. Sets forth provisions concerning license fees, maximum payouts, and relief from disciplinary actions. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules and emergency rules to implement and administer the Act. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4324 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4324-Introduced.html

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4324

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
5 ILCS 100/5-45.55 new

Creates the Social Gaming Act. Provides that no person may operate a social gaming board game or manufacture and distribute social gaming boards without a license issued by the Illinois Gaming Board. Provides that the Board shall license social gaming board manufacturers, social gaming board distributors, and social gaming locations and specifies license fees. Provides that the Board shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, no later than December 31, 2024 and each year thereafter through 2028, on the implementation and administration of the Act. Sets forth provisions concerning license fees, maximum payouts, and relief from disciplinary actions. Provides that the Board shall adopt rules and emergency rules to implement and administer the Act. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning gaming.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Social
5Gaming Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7 "Board" means the Illinois Gaming Board.
8 "Eligible location" means a location with a valid license
9to host a video gaming terminal or terminals under the Video
10Gaming Act.
11 "Social gaming board distributor" means a person who
12distributes social gaming boards.
13 "Social gaming board game" means a game using a square,
14two-dimensional board, graphically drawn to present 100
15separate spaces in a configuration in which 10 separate lines,
16each numbered consecutively in an order 0 through 9, are laid
17out on each side of the board and a winner is selected by
18matching the final score of a sporting event to the matching
19box selected by a player.
20 "Social gaming board manufacturer" means a person who
21manufactures social gaming boards.
22 "Social gaming location" means an eligible location at
23which bets on a social gaming board game must be placed and

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1paid off within the social gaming location.
2 "Sporting event" means an event operated by the National
3Football League, Major League Baseball, National Association
4for Stock Car Auto Racing, PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and any horse
5race track that is authorized to host races in the United
6States. "Sporting event" also includes a football game played
7within Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic
8Association.
9 Section 10. Licensure.
10 (a) No person may operate a social gaming board game or
11manufacture and distribute social gaming boards without a
12license issued by the Board.
13 (b) The Board shall license social gaming board
14manufacturers, social gaming board distributors, and social
15gaming locations. Each licensee shall pay an annual license
16fee to the Board as follows:
17 (1) a social gaming board manufacturer shall pay a
18 license fee of $5,000 to the Board;
19 (2) a social gaming board distributor shall pay a
20 license fee of $1,000 to the Board; and
21 (3) the operator of a social gaming location shall pay
22 a license fee of $50 to the Board.
23 (c) The operator of a social gaming location shall not pay
24out more than $1,199 per social gaming board game.
25 (d) A licensee may pursue relief from a disciplinary

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1action or penalty with the Illinois Gaming Board in accordance
2with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
3 Section 15. Report. The Board shall report to the Governor
4and the General Assembly, no later than December 31, 2024 and
5each year thereafter through 2028, on the implementation and
6administration of this Act.
7 Section 20. Rules. The Board shall adopt rules and
8emergency rules to implement and administer this Act.
9 Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
10amended by adding Section 5-45.55 as follows:
11 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.55 new)
12 Sec. 5-45.55. Emergency rulemaking; Social Gaming Act. To
13provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the
14Social Gaming Act, emergency rules implementing the Social
15Gaming Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by
16the Illinois Gaming Board. The adoption of emergency rules
17authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be
18necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
19 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
20of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
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