---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR - LICENSE"
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 church if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1293"
citation: "Illinois SB 1293 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8678acd-c6d7-40d1-ae8b-e7362bbc796a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1293&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56994&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "d675673a3f3e32a6a4b1a08e5ca465255a08f44cdf14013a0cbf72f2de89da1e"
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 1293 (97th) — LIQUOR - LICENSE

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 church 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=09700SB1293&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56994&DocNum=1293&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1293eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56994&DocNum=1293&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1293enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56994&DocNum=1293&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **70–47** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather A. Steans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather A. Steans `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** Do Pass Executive; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
- **2011-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 045-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2011-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-16** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2011-05-20** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
- **2011-05-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-047-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-13** 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0012 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8678acd-c6d7-40d1-ae8b-e7362bbc796a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).