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| Bill | BEER INDUSTRY-SUCCESSOR BREWER | Amends the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act. Changes the definition of "successor brewer" to "any person who in any way obtains the distribution rights that a brewer, non-resident dealer, foreign importer, or master distributor once had to manufacture or distribute a brand or brands of beer whether by merger, purchase of corporate shares, purchase of assets, or any other arrangement, including, but not limited to, any arrangements transferring the ownership or control of the trademark, brand, or name of the brand". Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 2754 | Illinois SB 2754 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2008-02-15 | 2008-08-07 | openstates | ocd-bill/885b0658-82da-4bc9-814c-882f91e32cf0 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2754&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37119&SessionID=51&GA=95 | ddebc66d06f4d6ce45174b75e5621b8089250d13cdc592bb59ff3f154736638d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 2754 (95th) — BEER INDUSTRY-SUCCESSOR BREWER
Amends the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act. Changes the definition of "successor brewer" to "any person who in any way obtains the distribution rights that a brewer, non-resident dealer, foreign importer, or master distributor once had to manufacture or distribute a brand or brands of beer whether by merger, purchase of corporate shares, purchase of assets, or any other arrangement, including, but not limited to, any arrangements transferring the ownership or control of the trademark, brand, or name of the brand". Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2008-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2008-02-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-02-15 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2008-02-28 Assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2008-03-06 Do Pass Executive; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008
- 2008-03-13 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
- 2008-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-04-15 Arrived in House
introduction - 2008-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2008-04-16 First Reading
reading-1 - 2008-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2008-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- 2008-05-01 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2008-05-09 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- 2008-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2008-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2008-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2008-05-22 Passed Both Houses
- 2008-06-20 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2008-08-07 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2008-08-07 Effective Date August 7, 2008
- 2008-08-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0789
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/885b0658-82da-4bc9-814c-882f91e32cf0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).