---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALCOHOL WITHOUT LIQUID"
description: "Creates the Alcohol Without Liquid Device Act. Prohibits the purchase, sale, and use of devices that mix alcoholic liquor with oxygen for the purpose of inhalation. Provides that a person who violates the Act commits a petty offense and may be fined up to $1,000 per occurrence. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2505"
citation: "Illinois SB 2505 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a48ac98a-ac0b-4b55-b0c1-a694a4d0ca88"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2505&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23348&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "baab7745257bc173415fa7653f8c58bd3c6c926d990b2080a4c66224633991c1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 2505 (94th) — ALCOHOL WITHOUT LIQUID

Creates the Alcohol Without Liquid Device Act. Prohibits the purchase, sale, and use of devices that mix alcoholic liquor with oxygen for the purpose of inhalation. Provides that a person who violates the Act commits a petty offense and may be fined up to $1,000 per occurrence. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2505&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23348&DocNum=2505&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2505eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23348&DocNum=2505&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2505enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23348&DocNum=2505&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2006-02-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2006-02-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-08** Effective Date May 8, 2006
- **2006-05-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0745 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a48ac98a-ac0b-4b55-b0c1-a694a4d0ca88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).