---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR-LOCAL COMMISSIONERS"
description: "Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the designee of the mayor or president of the board of trustees of a city, village, or incorporated town or the designee of the president or chairman of a county board may be the local liquor control commissioner. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2587"
citation: "Illinois SB 2587 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7380e46-6acd-47ff-8ff4-5b3aa21911dd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2587&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23510&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "24230e3cc6486794e623e537badab9375bd08ac8f32cb336c9a52e48f04dd463"
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 2587 (94th) — LIQUOR-LOCAL COMMISSIONERS

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the designee of the mayor or president of the board of trustees of a city, village, or incorporated town or the designee of the president or chairman of a county board may be the local liquor control commissioner. Makes corresponding changes. 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=09400SB2587&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23510&DocNum=2587&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2587eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23510&DocNum=2587&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2587enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23510&DocNum=2587&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harry R. Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `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** 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 . . . . . . . . . 94-0747 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7380e46-6acd-47ff-8ff4-5b3aa21911dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).