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Bill	LIQUOR CONTROL-EXCEPTION REP	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Repeals provisions allowing a township board to authorize the local liquor control commissioner to issue a specific special event retailer's license in any township that has voted to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 48	Illinois HB 48 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2005-01-03	2005-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/668e5844-90b4-4f42-9190-e97d50f35c81	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=48&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14181&SessionID=50&GA=94	1b8a24241e82c2e698f2db4e685355db4d5c9dd50ad12f05af0ae953acb80a28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 48 (94th) — LIQUOR CONTROL-EXCEPTION REP

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Repeals provisions allowing a township board to authorize the local liquor control commissioner to issue a specific special event retailer's license in any township that has voted to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William B. Black — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-03 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. William B. Black filing
• 2005-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-10 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-16 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-17 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 8, 2005
• 2005-04-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
• 2005-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Postponed - Executive
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2005
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2005
• 2005-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0282 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/668e5844-90b4-4f42-9190-e97d50f35c81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).