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Bill	LIQUOR-SALE NEAR CHURCHES	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of a church does not prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a theater that is within within 100 feet of a church if (1) the church owns the theater, (2) the church leases the theater to one or more entities, and (3) the theater is used by at least 5 different not-for-profit theater groups. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2577	Illinois SB 2577 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2004-02-04	2004-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f3ce083e-9614-42d8-b5bf-ea7cce81d6e7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2577&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9034&SessionID=3&GA=93	e05676eb08d886cb12d0f919f11e5ac1b19d2729b85522f2da3d149dc152048e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2577 (93rd) — LIQUOR-SALE NEAR CHURCHES

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of a church does not prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a theater that is within within 100 feet of a church if (1) the church owns the theater, (2) the church leases the theater to one or more entities, and (3) the theater is used by at least 5 different not-for-profit theater groups. 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 — 38–17 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 74–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2004-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-04 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-10 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2004-02-19 Do Pass Executive; 009-001-002 committee-passage
• 2004-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2004
• 2004-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
• 2004-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2004-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 038-017-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2004-03-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2004-04-02 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2004-05-11 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2004-05-14 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
• 2004-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-042-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-15 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 . . . . . . . . . 93-0687 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3ce083e-9614-42d8-b5bf-ea7cce81d6e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).