Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Rod Hickman and 2 co-sponsors

Reveals and files revenue-sharing agreements and amendments with the Illinois Gaming Board, and requires Board consideration of compliance when granting or renewing licenses.

Died On Calendar

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SB 2661 — Summary

Title: Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.
(Despite the title shown in header, the bill text amends the Illinois Gambling Act.)
Bill Number: SB 2661
Introduced: March 13, 2025 (filed with Secretary on 5/14/2025 by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce)
Status: Died on Calendar
Statute Amended: 230 ILCS 10/7 (Section 7 of the Illinois Gambling Act)
Companion: HB 5560

Note: The bill text would take effect immediately if enacted.

Purpose / Intent

To increase transparency and notice when owners-license applicants or host municipalities enter into revenue‑sharing agreements with communities other than the host municipality, and to make compliance with those notice/filing requirements a factor the Illinois Gaming Board (Board) must consider when granting or renewing casino/owners licenses.

Key Provisions

Adds a new subsection (b-5) to Section 7 of the Illinois Gambling Act requiring that, when an owners‑license applicant or a host municipality has entered into a revenue‑sharing agreement with one or more communities other than the host municipality, the parties to that agreement must file with the Illinois Gaming Board:

A copy of the revenue‑sharing agreement;
A copy of all amendments or other modifications to the agreement; and
Proof that notice was provided to all communities that may be affected in any way by those amendments or modifications.

Adds a provision in the Board’s list of factors for granting/renewing owners licenses to require that the Board consider whether the applicant has complied with the filing and notice requirements (referenced as subsection (b-5)).

Effective immediately upon enactment.

Who Would Be Affected

Owners‑license applicants and host municipalities that enter into revenue‑sharing agreements with other communities.

Communities that are parties or potentially affected by revenue‑sharing agreements.

The Illinois Gaming Board, which would receive filings and be directed to consider compliance in licensing decisions.

Indirectly, residents and local governments of communities that receive or could be affected by revenue sharing.

Procedural / Timeline Notes

Introduced in the Senate March 13, 2025; filed May 14, 2025 (sponsor: Sen. Patrick J. Joyce; co‑sponsors included Sens. Mike Porfirio and Napoleon Harris, III).

The bill had committee activity (public hearing, testimony) but ultimately was recorded as "Died On Calendar" and therefore did not become law.

Potential Impact / Considerations

Would increase transparency and recordkeeping around inter‑municipal revenue‑sharing tied to gaming projects.

Could affect how revenue‑sharing agreements are negotiated and amended, since amendments would require filing and notice to potentially affected communities.

Gives the Illinois Gaming Board an enforceable licensing lever (consideration of compliance) to encourage adherence to the filing/notice rules.

No fiscal impacts or dollar amounts are specified in the text.