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Bill	LIQUOR - COUNTY ORDINANCE	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county may provide by ordinance that alcoholic liquor may be sold or delivered in any specifically designated building belonging to or under the control of the county or in any building located on land under the control of the county provided that the county complies with all applicable local ordinances in any incorporated area of the county. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1491	Illinois HB 1491 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-02-10	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b9ddd02e-c683-403b-b820-d80d76d31752	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1491&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58420&SessionID=84&GA=97	495713d6bea4a4b82ae96e0e5f5b2cdb4993fe9d110b0502d2c0c10a6add6995	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1491 (97th) — LIQUOR - COUNTY ORDINANCE

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county may provide by ordinance that alcoholic liquor may be sold or delivered in any specifically designated building belonging to or under the control of the county or in any building located on land under the control of the county provided that the county complies with all applicable local ordinances in any incorporated area of the county. Makes technical changes. 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 — 69–33 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell filing
• 2011-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-15 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-033-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2011
• 2011-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0250 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9ddd02e-c683-403b-b820-d80d76d31752. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).