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Bill	LIQUOR-SALE NEAR CHURCH	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the prohibition against issuing a license to sell alcoholic liquor at retail at a premises that is within 100 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship does not apply if (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the primary entrance of the the church, synagogue, or other place of worship are at least 100 feet apart, on parallel streets, and separated by an alley; and (2) the principal religious leader at the place of worship has indicated his or her support for the issuance or renewal of the license in writing. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4031	Illinois HB 4031 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2004-01-14	2004-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/44d2e425-e362-4675-bb1d-ef0419b1dd2d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4031&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=7980&SessionID=3&GA=93	ba55f411857040832e684f3c86a30fc2dc9ceccf3db1a3d8a81ab636be017c56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4031 (93rd) — LIQUOR-SALE NEAR CHURCH

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the prohibition against issuing a license to sell alcoholic liquor at retail at a premises that is within 100 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of worship does not apply if (1) the primary entrance of the premises and the primary entrance of the the church, synagogue, or other place of worship are at least 100 feet apart, on parallel streets, and separated by an alley; and (2) the principal religious leader at the place of worship has indicated his or her support for the issuance or renewal of the license in writing. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 66–50 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Larry McKeon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon filing
• 2004-01-14 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2004-01-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-01-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-03 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee amendment-introduction
• 2004-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-02-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-000-001 committee-passage
• 2004-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2004-02-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-02-20 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2004-02-20 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2004-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2004-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2004-03-02 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-02 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Larry McKeon amendment-introduction
• 2004-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 1,2
• 2004-03-23 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1,2
• 2004-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 066-050-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen
• 2004-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-24 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-03-25 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2004-03-31 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2004
• 2004-04-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2004
• 2004-05-05 Third Reading - Passed; 036-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-08 Effective Date July 8, 2004
• 2004-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0688 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44d2e425-e362-4675-bb1d-ef0419b1dd2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).