Municipal Code 4-155-045 (new) disallowing the issuance of additional video gaming licenses in Wards 26, 27, 33, 35, 49

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• Record number: SO2025-0021968
• Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
• Status: Council Consideration (Deferred and Published)
• Sponsor: Jessica L. Fuentes (26th Ward)
• Co-sponsors (4): Walter R. Burnett (27th Ward), Maria E. Hadden (49th Ward), Anthony J. Quezada (35th Ward), Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (33rd Ward)
• Committee: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
• Submitted Date: Dec 29, 2025
• Introduction Date: Dec 29, 2025
• Official record: Office of the City Clerk

Impact report

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This ordinance would stop the City from issuing any video gaming licenses for locations in Wards 26, 27, 33, 35, and 49.

Who it affects

• Businesses in Wards 26, 27, 33, 35, and 49: They could not get a City video gaming license for their location.
• Residents of Wards 26, 27, 33, 35, and 49: No new licensed video gaming locations could be approved in their wards under this chapter.
• Business owners elsewhere in Chicago: The ban applies only to the five listed wards, so it does not change licensing rules in other wards.

What changes

• No video gaming license under Chapter 4-155 could be issued for any location in Wards 26, 27, 33, 35, or 49.
• This rule would apply even if other parts of the video gaming chapter say otherwise.
• Ward boundaries would follow the ward map in the Municipal Code (Article III of Chapter 2-8).

Where: Ward 26; Ward 27; Ward 33; Ward 35; Ward 49

When: Upon passage and publication

Timeline

• Dec 29, 2025: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.
• Jan 22, 2026: Substituted, Committee on License and Consumer Protection. The matter was substituted in Commitee.
• Mar 12, 2026: Recommended Do Not Pass, Committee on License and Consumer Protection (2 yea, 15 nay), at the City Council meeting. The matter was recommended Do Not Pass by controlling legislative body, and President pro tempore Nugent also voted Nay.
• Mar 18, 2026: Deferred and Published, City Council. On request of Alderpersons Fuentes, Ervin, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Quezada and Hadden, the matter was Deferred and Published.

Documents

• SO2025-0021968.pdf (Committee Letter)
• O2025-0021968 Ordinance.pdf (Legislation)
• SO2025-0021968 addt'l wards prohibiting video gaming.pdf (Legislation)

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