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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4070         </title>
<shortdesc>GAMBLING-CASINO RELOCATION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski-Martin McLaughlin, Patrick Sheehan and Jason R. Bunting</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>5/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
</lastaction>
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<reference>230 ILCS 10/7</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 120, par. 2407</aliasreference><reference>230 ILCS 10/13</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 120, par. 2413</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Requires the Illinois Gaming Board to conduct a survey to measure each operating casino license in the State regarding the adjusted gross receipts reported to the Board for the most recently concluded 12-month period within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires the Board to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly listing all of the operating casino licenses, ranked by order of adjusted gross receipt productivity. Requires the Board to establish a request for proposals process to relocate the 3 lowest performing casinos based on the report in which a municipality or county may submit a proposal requesting the authorization to host one of the 3 lowest performing casino's license within the municipality or county. Provides that each owner or operator of a casino license subject to relocation has the right to relocate the casino to a new location as determined by the request for proposals process, and the relocation shall be completed no more than 5 years after the conclusion of the request for proposals process and selection of a new location. Provides that a provision regarding wagering taxes, rates and distribution applies to the adjusted gross receipts tax and its division by enumerated shares to enumerated eligible recipients subsequent to any relocation of a casino, and the share of the adjusted gross receipts, measured by percentage of the adjusted gross receipts, shall continue to be paid to the former host municipality or county by 2 times the amount the share of the adjusted gross receipts that had previously been paid to the former host municipality or county.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>5/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan</action>
<statusdate>5/30/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting</action>
<statusdate>5/31/2025</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin</action>
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