Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Lowering State's Legal Drinking Age to 18
A northern Illinois lawmaker has proposed legislation that would lower the state’s minimum drinking ageHB 4021 would lower the state’s legal drinkingThe legislation would also amend other bills that list the state’s legal drinking age.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
The battle over having a nationally-recognized standard age to allow the purchase, production and possession of alcohol was a hot-button topic in the 1980’s, with some states lowering the legal drinking age to 18 in response to a Constitutional amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
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