republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-478.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR-CHICAGO STORM EXEMPTION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Illinois SB 478 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48dce8fe-0ad9-4cef-bd7b-155b4f397551"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=478&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17266&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "235c4b7bbdd43e7d8369d4ad181113011f5ed47dee0a1124e6260acd4945e746"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0478&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17266&DocNum=478&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0478eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17266&DocNum=478&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0478enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17266&DocNum=478&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48dce8fe-0ad9-4cef-bd7b-155b4f397551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).