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Bill	FIRE DISTRICT LIQUOR EXEMPTION	Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the limits on delivery and sale of alcoholic liquors to fundraising events and to a maximum of 6 events per year in buildings owned by fire protection districts do not apply to a specific building owned by the Oswego Fire Protection District in certain cases. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 973	Illinois HB 973 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2013-01-25	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e0fae776-53c1-4079-a1dc-7eebb93b3763	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=973&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=71322&SessionID=85&GA=98	c78bf4ea71c88abc333966c9d7c59206c51ca3ccc6bafdfb821dc90acae52cb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 973 (98th) — FIRE DISTRICT LIQUOR EXEMPTION

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the limits on delivery and sale of alcoholic liquors to fundraising events and to a maximum of 6 events per year in buildings owned by fire protection districts do not apply to a specific building owned by the Oswego Fire Protection District in certain cases. 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 — 75–36 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2013-01-25 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2013-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-036-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2013-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Postponed - Executive
• 2013-05-09 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
• 2013-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0201 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0fae776-53c1-4079-a1dc-7eebb93b3763. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).