---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CODE-ADULT ENTERTAINMENT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no new adult entertainment facility may be located, constructed, or operated within a municipality, or within one mile of the territorial boundaries of a municipality, within one mile of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, and a place of religious worship in a county with a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1608"
citation: "Illinois HB 1608 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8324cb20-f5e5-4b4d-93fa-d899d4db3454"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1608&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30415&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "5dbf8c839b609266db4da1571b12b78a6212f5720f9356f48a530cefa76cee93"
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 HB 1608 (95th) — MUNI CODE-ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no new adult entertainment facility may be located, constructed, or operated within a municipality, or within one mile of the territorial boundaries of a municipality, within one mile of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, and a place of religious worship in a county with a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants. 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=09500HB1608&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30415&DocNum=1608&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1608eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30415&DocNum=1608&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1608enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30415&DocNum=1608&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry R. Ramey, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr. `filing`
- **2007-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2007-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2007-03-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2007-03-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2007-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Local Government; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2007
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0214 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8324cb20-f5e5-4b4d-93fa-d899d4db3454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).