SPRINGFIELD -- It's the second to last day of the Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session, and lawmakers are still working on several key pieces of legislation. Still up for discussion is the Gambling Expansion Bill, pension reform, and a new budget plan that could prevent seven state facilities from closing. Funding for regional superintendents is moving forward, too.

The funding for regional superintendents is not a done deal yet. So far, it's only passed the House, the Senate has not yet to take it up, but this potential new budget plan that just came out Wednesday, has several lawmakers talking.

For the last five months, many lawmakers have been reeling over a major budget reduction. Governor Pat Quinn slashed nearly $376 million in spending, which threatened 1,900 jobs and seven state facilities, including the Illinois Youth Center in Murphysboro, as well as the Chester Mental Health Facility.

But now there's a new budget proposal that could change everything.

"I think they'll be looking to pass a bill to reallocate that money and hopefully keep all those facilities open. Again, until that's done, I think we need to certainly be a little afraid of what could happen," says Senator Dave Luechtefeld.

Instead of seven facility closures now, the state would close four developmental centers and two mental health facilities within the next two and a half years. There's no mention of which facilities, but there could be some in our region.

"Anna would be one of those possibilities, we certainly don't want that to happen either, but it gives us some time to work on that, maybe find other monies we have to get that done," explains Luechtefeld.

What lawmakers say is fairly certain, school districts will not have cuts to transportation funding restored, but it's not all bad news for school districts. House lawmakers voted to fund regional superintendents, who have been working without pay for nearly four months.

"It's a win for them. It's not forever, it's only a one-year fix. So like I said, there'll be a commission formed to see if there's anything else they can come up with," says Representative Brandon Phelps.

Regional superintendents say they'll take it. Now they want to make it happen in the Senate.

By 6 p.m., House lawmakers were debating the gambling expansion bill. The bill has been revamped. It's smaller, but still allows for slot machines at race tracks, something Governor Quinn opposes.

Another big bill on the docket is the Pension Reform Bill. The bill addresses the state's pension funding problem, but lawmakers have said that the pension reform plan will likely be pushed off until next year. Representative Phelps say the bill's sponsor just doesn't have the votes at this time to pass it.