---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR-LOCAL REFERENDUM EXEMPT"
description: "Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a vote to prohibit sales at retail of alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not more than 4% of alcohol by weight or alcoholic liquor containing more than 4% alcohol by weight in the original package and not for consumption on the premises) in a precinct in a city, village, or incorporated town of more than 200,000 inhabitants shall not apply to retail sales of alcoholic liquor by a specific private institution of higher learning or an affiliate thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3604"
citation: "Illinois HB 3604 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b502b18-1fb4-457a-8be5-ed81564dd76c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3604&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120292&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "1c7679667ac93486716f9aea548dd5e2c2c23503b18185433da95f5cc3aec97c"
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 3604 (101st) — LIQUOR-LOCAL REFERENDUM EXEMPT

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that a vote to prohibit sales at retail of alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not more than 4% of alcohol by weight or alcoholic liquor containing more than 4% alcohol by weight in the original package and not for consumption on the premises) in a precinct in a city, village, or incorporated town of more than 200,000 inhabitants shall not apply to retail sales of alcoholic liquor by a specific private institution of higher learning or an affiliate thereof.

## 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=10100HB3604&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120292&DocNum=3604&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3604eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120292&DocNum=3604&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3604enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120292&DocNum=3604&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **95–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis J. Tarver, II — primary (person)
- Robert Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2019-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0156 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b502b18-1fb4-457a-8be5-ed81564dd76c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).