---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR - SALE NEAR SCHOOL"
description: "Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides for the issuance or renewal of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a premises located within a municipality in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 feet of a school if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1686"
citation: "Illinois HB 1686 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b81dbf-9c3b-45dc-ab21-3dc84f605b57"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1686&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58850&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "32a6eec66ed9daa704631b852f1b1c277cb22d30609944268b1c59b9fbc4ba15"
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 1686 (97th) — LIQUOR - SALE NEAR SCHOOL

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides for the issuance or renewal of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a premises located within a municipality in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and within 100 feet of a school if certain conditions are met. 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=09700HB1686&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58850&DocNum=1686&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1686eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58850&DocNum=1686&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1686enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58850&DocNum=1686&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–9** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **65–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-047-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2011-03-17** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Annazette R. Collins
- **2011-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Executive; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 044-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2011
- **2011-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0009 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50b81dbf-9c3b-45dc-ab21-3dc84f605b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).