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Bill	LIQUOR-CHICAGO STORM EXEMPTION	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Allows alcoholic liquor to be delivered to and sold at the Pavilion Facility at the University of Illinois at Chicago during Chicago Storm games up to one and a half hours before the start of the game and not after the finish of the game. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 478	Illinois SB 478 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2005-02-16	2005-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/48dce8fe-0ad9-4cef-bd7b-155b4f397551	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=478&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17266&SessionID=50&GA=94	235c4b7bbdd43e7d8369d4ad181113011f5ed47dee0a1124e6260acd4945e746	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 478 (94th) — LIQUOR-CHICAGO STORM EXEMPTION

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Allows alcoholic liquor to be delivered to and sold at the Pavilion Facility at the University of Illinois at Chicago during Chicago Storm games up to one and a half hours before the start of the game and not after the finish of the game. 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 — 49–6 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 60–51 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 48–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Postponed - Executive
• 2005-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2005-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2005-03-03 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2005
• 2005-03-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2005
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-07 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2005-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-13 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2005
• 2005-05-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-05-18 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-002-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-23 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2005-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 24, 2005.
• 2005-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-05-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 010-000-000
• 2005-05-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 048-007-001
• 2005-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-29 Effective Date July 29, 2005
• 2005-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0382 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48dce8fe-0ad9-4cef-bd7b-155b4f397551. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).