Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 244 — LIQUOR-SALE NEAR SCHOOL

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Allows the issuance of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a restaurant within 100 feet, but not less than 50 feet, of a public school if certain conditions are met.

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In the latest version of Bill SB 244, the wording was updated by replacing the previous lines labeled as "Engrossed" with new lines labeled as "Enrolled." This change usually indicates that the bill has completed its legislative process and is now ready for formal approval by the governor. This distinction is important because it signifies the bill's readiness to become law, which can have implications for the policies and regulations it addresses.

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SB0244 Engrossed LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b AN ACT concerning liquor.
SB0244 Enrolled LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b AN ACT concerning liquor.
(b) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor to a restaurant, the primary business of which is the sale of goods baked on the premises if (i) the restaurant is newly constructed and located on a lot of not less than 10,000 square feet, (ii) the restaurant costs at least $1,000,000 to construct, (iii) the licensee is the titleholder to the SB0244 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b premises and resides on the premises, and (iv) the construction of the restaurant is completed within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998.
(b) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor to a restaurant, the primary business of which is the sale of goods baked on the premises if (i) the restaurant is newly constructed and located on a lot of not less than 10,000 square feet, (ii) the restaurant costs at least $1,000,000 to construct, (iii) the licensee is the titleholder to the SB0244 Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b premises and resides on the premises, and (iv) the construction of the restaurant is completed within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998.
(d) In the interest of further developing Illinois’ economy in the area of commerce, tourism, convention, and banquet business, nothing in this Section shall prohibit issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages to a restaurant, banquet facility, grocery store, or hotel having not fewer than 150 guest room accommodations located in a municipality of more than 500,000 persons, notwithstanding the proximity of such hotel, restaurant, banquet facility, or grocery store to any church or school, if the licensed premises described on the license are located within an enclosed mall or building of a height of at least 6 stories, or 60 feet in the case of a building that has been registered as a national landmark, or in a grocery store having a minimum of 56,010 square feet of floor space in a single story building in an open mall of at least 3.96 acres that is adjacent to a public school that opened as a boys technical high school in 1934, or in a grocery store having a minimum of 31,000 square feet of floor space in a single story building located a distance of more than 90 feet but less than 100 feet from a high school that opened in 1928 as a junior high school and became a senior high school in 1933, and in each of these cases if the sale of SB0244 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b alcoholic liquors is not the principal business carried on by the licensee.
(d) In the interest of further developing Illinois’ economy in the area of commerce, tourism, convention, and banquet business, nothing in this Section shall prohibit issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages to a restaurant, banquet facility, grocery store, or hotel having not fewer than 150 guest room accommodations located in a municipality of more than 500,000 persons, notwithstanding the proximity of such hotel, restaurant, banquet facility, or grocery store to any church or school, if the licensed premises described on the license are located within an enclosed mall or building of a height of at least 6 stories, or 60 feet in the case of a building that has been registered as a national landmark, or in a grocery store having a minimum of 56,010 square feet of floor space in a single story building in an open mall of at least 3.96 acres that is adjacent to a public school that opened as a boys technical high school in 1934, or in a grocery store having a minimum of 31,000 square feet of floor space in a single story building located a distance of more than 90 feet but less than 100 feet from a high school that opened in 1928 as a junior high school and became a senior high school in 1933, and in each of these cases if the sale of SB0244 Enrolled - 3 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b alcoholic liquors is not the principal business carried on by the licensee.
(g) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at premises within 100 feet, but not less than 90 feet, of a public school if (1) the premises have been continuously licensed to sell alcoholic liquor for a period of at least 50 years, (2) the premises are located in a municipality having a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, (3) the licensee is an individual who is a member of a family that has held the previous 3 licenses for that location for more than 25 years, (4) the principal of the school and the alderman of the ward in which the school is located have delivered a written statement to the local liquor control commissioner stating that they do not object to the issuance of a license under this subsection (g), and (5) the local liquor control commissioner has received SB0244 Engrossed - 4 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b the written consent of a majority of the registered voters who live within 200 feet of the premises.
(g) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at premises within 100 feet, but not less than 90 feet, of a public school if (1) the premises have been continuously licensed to sell alcoholic liquor for a period of at least 50 years, (2) the premises are located in a municipality having a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, (3) the licensee is an individual who is a member of a family that has held the previous 3 licenses for that location for more than 25 years, (4) the principal of the school and the alderman of the ward in which the school is located have delivered a written statement to the local liquor control commissioner stating that they do not object to the issuance of a license under this subsection (g), and (5) the local liquor control commissioner has received SB0244 Enrolled - 4 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b the written consent of a majority of the registered voters who live within 200 feet of the premises.
(j) (h) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to SB0244 Engrossed - 5 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b the contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a theater that is within 100 feet of a church if (1) the church owns the theater, (2) the church leases the theater to one or more entities, and (3) the theater is used by at least 5 different not-for-profit theater groups.
(j) (h) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to SB0244 Enrolled - 5 - LRB094 08795 LJB 39012 b the contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a retail license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a theater that is within 100 feet of a church if (1) the church owns the theater, (2) the church leases the theater to one or more entities, and (3) the theater is used by at least 5 different not-for-profit theater groups.
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Action History

  1. Total Veto Stands

  2. Placed Calendar Total Veto October 25, 2005

  3. Governor Vetoed

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-052-001

  7. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  8. Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  10. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  11. Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-003-000

  12. Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed

  13. Assigned to Executive Committee

  14. Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005

  15. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  16. Assigned to Executive Committee

  17. Referred to Rules Committee

  18. First Reading

  19. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

  20. Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Delgado

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  22. Arrived in House

  23. Third Reading - Passed; 040-013-000

  24. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  25. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  26. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005

  27. Second Reading

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005

  29. Do Pass Executive; 008-004-000

  30. Assigned to Executive

  31. Referred to Rules

  32. First Reading

  33. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle

Sponsors

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 61 Yea · 52 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 524905
Democrat 8100
Republican 1200
Total 615205
% of votes cast 52%44%0%4%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Nay
Schock — Not Voting
Sommer — Nay
Soto — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Nay
Mathias — Nay
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Nay
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Mautino — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Yea
Millner — Nay
Fritchey — Yea
Giles — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Hultgren — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Jenisch — Nay
Lang — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Scully — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Younge — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Howard — Yea
Jones — Yea
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Krause — Nay
Lyons, Eileen — Nay
McCarthy — Nay
McKeon — Not Voting
Meyer — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Bradley, John — Nay
Munson — Nay
Myers — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Osmond — Nay
Phelps — Nay
Pihos — Nay
Watson — Nay
Tenhouse — Nay
Tryon — Nay
Wait — Nay
Bailey — Not Voting
Washington — Not Voting
Winters — Nay
Yarbrough — Nay
Chavez — Nay
Churchill — Nay
Colvin — Not Voting
Coulson — Nay
Cultra — Nay
D'Amico — Nay
Daniels — Nay
Dugan — Nay
Flider — Nay
Franks — Nay
Gordon — Nay
Jakobsson — Nay
Kosel — Nay
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Nay
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Nay
Reis — Nay
Ryg — Nay
Chapa LaVia — Nay
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Nay
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 40 Yea · 13 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 351305
Democrat 5000
Republican 0001
Total 401306
% of votes cast 68%22%0%10%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Nay
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Nay
Burzynski — Nay
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Not Voting
Lauzen — Nay
Link — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Nay
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Nay
Wojcik — Yea
Brady — Nay
Sullivan, D. — Nay
Jones, J. — Nay
Demuzio — Nay
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Nay
Dillard — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Jones, W. — Not Voting
Winkel — Not Voting
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Nay
Risinger — Nay
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 244 do?
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Allows the issuance of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at a restaurant within 100 feet, but not less than 50 feet, of a public school if certain conditions are met.
Who sponsors SB 244?
SB 244 is sponsored by del Valle.
What is the current status of SB 244?
This bill died with 94th Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 244?
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