---
type: "Bill"
title: "SMOKING-LOCAL REGULATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Allows all counties and municipalities (now, home rule counties and all municipalities), to regulate smoking in public places in a manner no less restrictive than regulation under the Act. Allows all municipalities and counties to regulate smoking in any enclosed indoor area used by the public or serving as a place of work if the area does not fall within the definition of a \"public place\" under the Act. Provides for the applicability of county ordinances. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2400"
citation: "Illinois SB 2400 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d6c259-afaf-455c-9458-ebe45c3f31ba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2400&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23197&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7a70bc30fea9f54b9370e66a3c5942c5634a4d45194e0519dc49c00ecf5cb644"
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 2400 (94th) — SMOKING-LOCAL REGULATION

Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Allows all counties and municipalities (now, home rule counties and all municipalities), to regulate smoking in public places in a manner no less restrictive than regulation under the Act. Allows all municipalities and counties to regulate smoking in any enclosed indoor area used by the public or serving as a place of work if the area does not fall within the definition of a "public place" under the Act. Provides for the applicability of county ordinances. 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=09400SB2400&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23197&DocNum=2400&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2400eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23197&DocNum=2400&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2400enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23197&DocNum=2400&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **89–24** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Washington — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2006-02-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 009-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2006-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2006-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2006-02-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-02-28** Third Reading - Passed; 045-010-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2006-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2006-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-024-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date June 26, 2006
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0917 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d6c259-afaf-455c-9458-ebe45c3f31ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).