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Bill	LIQUOR - NIU BUILDINGS	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be served or sold in buildings under the control of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University for events that the Board may determine are public events and not student-related activities. Provides that the Board of Trustees shall issue a written policy within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act concerning the types of events that would be eligible for an exemption. Provides that the Board of Trustees may issue revised, updated, new, or amended policies as it deems necessary and appropriate. Specifies factors that the Board shall, in addition to other factors it considers relevant and important, consider in forming its written policy. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1668	Illinois SB 1668 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-02-09	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ffe8acad-604b-4aef-8bdb-e02de430e55d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1668&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57646&SessionID=84&GA=97	dd8493b4f0faa95b4566f3f1f26938933f6784832ff446fb22e57a4bb471e0ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1668 (97th) — LIQUOR - NIU BUILDINGS

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that alcoholic liquors may be served or sold in buildings under the control of the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University for events that the Board may determine are public events and not student-related activities. Provides that the Board of Trustees shall issue a written policy within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act concerning the types of events that would be eligible for an exemption. Provides that the Board of Trustees may issue revised, updated, new, or amended policies as it deems necessary and appropriate. Specifies factors that the Board shall, in addition to other factors it considers relevant and important, consider in forming its written policy. 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 — 49–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 74–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Sosnowski — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine J. Johnson
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass Executive; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2011
• 2011-03-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2011
• 2011-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 049-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2011-04-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-04-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-04-11 Assigned to Higher Education Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-04-11 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-04-13 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2011-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 007-001-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-039-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date June 28, 2011
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0045 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffe8acad-604b-4aef-8bdb-e02de430e55d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).