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Bill	LIQUOR - MEMORIAL HALL	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at Memorial Hall, located at 211 North Main Street, Rockford. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 79	Illinois HB 79 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2011-01-04	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/fa2735bf-f306-43a1-8fe2-99765e9e827a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=79&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54520&SessionID=84&GA=97	3c2ef3566ac9e9e9896a78280802b903a38b7d5b815f334f0d97fb636f544f52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 79 (97th) — LIQUOR - MEMORIAL HALL

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at Memorial Hall, located at 211 North Main Street, Rockford. 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 — 78–35 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-04 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson filing
• 2011-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 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
• 2011-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2011-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-035-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2011-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-30 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
• 2011-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2011
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0395 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa2735bf-f306-43a1-8fe2-99765e9e827a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).