---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR-TECH"
description: "Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning retail sales on Sundays."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 945"
citation: "Illinois SB 945 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2005-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e30121f-a6f8-48b8-8fe1-8d58035b40a0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=945&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17990&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "a727cd161ed010121ad7fddf04b5ee0d348d79a3cd4d263e91c67738136ebbb3"
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 945 (94th) — LIQUOR-TECH

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning retail sales on Sundays.

## 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=09400SB0945&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17990&DocNum=945&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0945eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17990&DocNum=945&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0945enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17990&DocNum=945&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–5** (pass) · upper
- Amendments, Amendment 1 — **31–26** (pass) · upper
- Amendments, Amendment 1 — **50–4** (pass) · upper
- Amendments, Amendment 1 — **36–22** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **65–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2005-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass Executive; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2005-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 010-000-000
- **2005-05-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-24** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Link
- **2005-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Sen. Roskam request roll call on Senate Floor Amendment No. 1.
- **2005-05-24** Chair Rules Roll Call would end debate.
- **2005-05-24** Appeal Ruling of Chair Sen. Peter J. Roskam
- **2005-05-24** Verified
- **2005-05-24** Motion Prevailed/Chair Sustained 031-026-000
- **2005-05-24** Motion Prevailed 036-022-000; Sen. Crotty's Motion to move the previous question.
- **2005-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; 050-004-002; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 049-005-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-05-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2005-05-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-05-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
- **2005-05-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-047-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-03** Effective Date June 3, 2005
- **2005-06-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0005 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e30121f-a6f8-48b8-8fe1-8d58035b40a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).