Chapter 235 — LIQUOR

(235 ILCS 5/6-12) (from Ch. 43, par. 127a) Sec. 6-12. No license shall be issued to any person for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor at any store or other place of business where the majority of customers are minors of school age or where the principal business transacte…

(235 ILCS 5/6-13) (from Ch. 43, par. 128) Sec. 6-13. Except in the case of wineries that have bed and breakfast facilities, hotels, and clubs, no alcoholic liquor shall be sold at retail upon any premises which has any access which leads from such premises to any other portion of…

(235 ILCS 5/6-14) Sec. 6-14. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 82-783. Repealed by P.A. 99-46, eff. 7-15-15.)

(235 ILCS 5/6-15) (from Ch. 43, par. 130) Sec. 6-15. No alcoholic liquors shall be sold or delivered in any building belonging to or under the control of the State or any political subdivision thereof except as provided in this Act. The corporate authorities of any city, village,…

(235 ILCS 5/6-16) (from Ch. 43, par. 131) Sec. 6-16. Prohibited sales and possession. (a) (i) No licensee nor any officer, associate, member, representative, agent, or employee of such licensee shall sell, give, or deliver alcoholic liquor to any person under the age of 21 years …

(235 ILCS 5/6-16.1) Sec. 6-16.1. Enforcement actions. (a) A licensee or an officer, associate, member, representative, agent, or employee of a licensee may sell, give, or deliver alcoholic liquor to a person under the age of 21 years or authorize the sale, gift, or delivery of al…

(235 ILCS 5/6-16.2) Sec. 6-16.2. Prohibited entry to a licensed premises. A municipality or county may prohibit a licensee or any officer, associate, member, representative, agent, or employee of a licensee from permitting a person under the age of 21 years to enter and remain in…

(235 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 43, par. 133) Sec. 6-17. (a) No licensee licensed under the provisions of this Act shall deny or permit his agents and employees to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any premise…

(235 ILCS 5/6-17.1) Sec. 6-17.1. Distributors; sales to retailers. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that for the purposes of ensuring that all retail licensees have the opportunity to receive alcoholic liquor, reducing the amount of spoiled and overaged alcoholic li…

(235 ILCS 5/6-17.2) Sec. 6-17.2. Importation of alcoholic liquor into this State. A person who imports into this State from any point in the United States outside this State, whether for himself or for another, any alcoholic liquor for sale or resale is required to hold a license…

(235 ILCS 5/6-17.5) Sec. 6-17.5. Purchase of wine or spirits by a retail licensee from another retail licensee. (a) No retail licensee may purchase wine or spirits from, or possess wine or spirits purchased from, any person other than a distributor or importing distributor; howev…

(235 ILCS 5/6-18) (from Ch. 43, par. 133a) Sec. 6-18. No home rule unit, as defined in Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, may amend or alter or in any way change the legal age at which persons may purchase, consume or possess alcoholic liquors as provided in this Act, and …

(235 ILCS 5/6-19) (from Ch. 43, par. 134) Sec. 6-19. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 82-783. Repealed by P.A. 90-432, eff. 1-1-98.)

(235 ILCS 5/6-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 120) Sec. 6-2. Issuance of licenses to certain persons prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Section and in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 3-12, no license of any kind issued by the State Commission …

(235 ILCS 5/6-2.5) Sec. 6-2.5. Applicant convictions. (a) The Commission shall not require applicants to report the following information and shall not consider the following criminal history records in connection with an application for a license under this Act: (1) Juvenile adj…

(235 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 43, par. 134a) Sec. 6-20. Transfer, possession, and consumption of alcoholic liquor; restrictions. (a) Any person to whom the sale, gift or delivery of any alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of age shall not purchase, or accept a gift of such alcoh…

(235 ILCS 5/6-21) (from Ch. 43, par. 135) Sec. 6-21. (a) Every person who is injured within this State, in person or property, by any intoxicated person has a right of action in his or her own name, severally or jointly, against any person, licensed under the laws of this State o…

(235 ILCS 5/6-22) (from Ch. 43, par. 137) Sec. 6-22. No person except a manufacturer or distributor, or importing distributor, shall fill or refill, in whole or in part, any original package of alcoholic liquor with the same or any other kind or quality of alcoholic liquor, and i…

(235 ILCS 5/6-22.5) Sec. 6-22.5. Infusions. (a) For purposes of this Section, "infusion" means a spirit where ingredients, including, but not limited to, fruits, spices, or nuts, are added to naturally infuse flavor into the spirit. (b) A retail licensee that is preparing an infu…

(235 ILCS 5/6-23) (from Ch. 43, par. 138) Sec. 6-23. No manufacturer or distributor or importing distributor or foreign importer shall enter into any contract with any person licensed to sell at retail whereby such licensee agrees not to sell any alcoholic liquors manufactured or…

(235 ILCS 5/6-24) (from Ch. 43, par. 139) Sec. 6-24. Every licensee shall cause his license or licenses to be framed and hung in plain view in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. An airplane license shall be maintained at the licensee's business premises in Illinois. (S…

(235 ILCS 5/6-24a) (from Ch. 43, par. 139a) Sec. 6-24a. Display of birth defects warning signs. (a) The General Assembly finds that there is a need for public information about the risk of birth defects (specifically Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) when women consume alcoholic liquor dur…

(235 ILCS 5/6-25) (from Ch. 43, par. 142) Sec. 6-25. No person shall receive a local license to sell alcoholic liquor upon any premises as a restaurant nor as a club unless it has the qualifications respectively described in Sections 1-3.23 and 1-3.24. No restaurant, licensed as …

(235 ILCS 5/6-26) (from Ch. 43, par. 144a) Sec. 6-26. Minimum size of container for spirits. No unmixed spirits shall be sold or offered for sale at retail for consumption on the premises, except in a container having a minimum capacity of at least one fluid ounce and which conta…

(235 ILCS 5/6-27) (from Ch. 43, par. 144c) Sec. 6-27. Licensing of seller and server education programs. (a) Any program designed to educate or train employees who sell or serve alcoholic beverages at retail to identify and address persons displaying problems with alcohol misuse …

(235 ILCS 5/6-27.1) Sec. 6-27.1. Responsible alcohol service server training. (a) Unless issued a valid server training certificate between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2015 by a certified Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training (BASSET) trainer, all alcohol serve…

(235 ILCS 5/6-27.5) Sec. 6-27.5. Mandatory schedule of prices. All retail licensees shall maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks of alcoholic liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room or part thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi-use …

(235 ILCS 5/6-28) (from Ch. 43, par. 144d) Sec. 6-28. Prohibited happy hours. (a) (Blank). (b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall: (1) sell more than one drink of alcoholic liquor for the price of one drink of alcoholic liquor; (2) sell, offer to sell …

(235 ILCS 5/6-28.5) Sec. 6-28.5. Permitted happy hours and meal packages, party packages, and entertainment packages. (a) As used in this Section: "Dedicated event space" means a room or rooms or other clearly delineated space within a retail licensee's premises that is reserved …

(235 ILCS 5/6-28.8) Sec. 6-28.8. Delivery and carry out of mixed drinks permitted. (a) In this Section: "Cocktail" or "mixed drink" means any beverage obtained by combining ingredients alcoholic in nature, whether brewed, fermented, or distilled, with ingredients non-alcoholic in…

(235 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 43, par. 144e) Sec. 6-29. Winery shipper's license. (a) The General Assembly declares that the following is the intent of this Section: (1) To authorize direct shipment of wine by an out-of-state maker of wine on the same basis permitted an in-state ma…

(235 ILCS 5/6-29.1) Sec. 6-29.1. Direct shipments of alcoholic liquor. (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: (1) The General Assembly of Illinois, having reviewed this Act in light of the United States Supreme Court's 2005 decision in Granholm v. Heald, has deter…

(235 ILCS 5/6-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 120a) Sec. 6-3. Violation of tax Acts; refusal, revocation, or suspension of license. (a) In addition to other grounds specified in this Act, the State Commission or the local liquor control commissioner, on complaint of the Department, shall r…

(235 ILCS 5/6-30) (from Ch. 43, par. 144f) Sec. 6-30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Illinois Gaming Board shall have exclusive authority to establish the hours for sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor on board a riverboat during riverboat gambling excur…

(235 ILCS 5/6-31) Sec. 6-31. Product sampling. (a) Retailer, distributor, importing distributor, manufacturer and nonresident dealer licensees may conduct product sampling for consumption at a licensed retail location. Up to 3 samples, consisting of no more than (i) 1/4 ounce of …

(235 ILCS 5/6-32) Sec. 6-32. Safety provisions. (a) A retailers on premise consumption licensee may not permit the use of any pyrotechnic device within its licensed premises without the prior authorization of the Illinois State Fire Marshal. A retailers on premise consumption lic…

(235 ILCS 5/6-33) Sec. 6-33. Sealing and removal of open wine bottles from a restaurant or winery. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a restaurant licensed to sell alcoholic liquor in this State may permit a patron to remove one unsealed and partially consumed bottl…

(235 ILCS 5/6-34) Sec. 6-34. Alcohol without liquid machines. (a) No person shall bring into this State for use or sale any alcohol without liquid machine. (b) For the purposes of this Section, "alcohol without liquid machine" means a device designed or marketed for the purposes …

(235 ILCS 5/6-34.5) Sec. 6-34.5. Powdered alcohol. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "powdered alcohol" means any powder or crystalline substance containing alcohol, as defined in Section 1-3.01 of this Act, produced for human consumption. (b) No person shall sell, offer for …

(235 ILCS 5/6-35) Sec. 6-35. Alcopops. (a) For purposes of this Section, "alcopop" means a flavored alcoholic beverage or flavored malt beverage that includes (i) a malt beverage containing a malt base or beer and added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juice…

(235 ILCS 5/6-35.1) Sec. 6-35.1. Alcohol-infused products. (a) In this Section, "immediately adjacent" means directly touching or immediately bordering one another from above, below, or the side. "Immediately adjacent" does not include a separate aisle. (b) Except for persons iss…

(235 ILCS 5/6-35.2) Sec. 6-35.2. Co-branded alcoholic beverages. (a) In this Section, "immediately adjacent" means directly touching or immediately bordering one another from above, below, or the side. "Immediately adjacent" does not include a separate aisle. (b) No retail establ…

(235 ILCS 5/6-36) Sec. 6-36. Homemade brewed beverages. (a) No license or permit is required under this Act for the making of homemade brewed beverages or for the possession, transportation, or storage of homemade brewed beverages by any person 21 years of age or older, if all of…

(235 ILCS 5/6-37) Sec. 6-37. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-813, eff. 5-13-22. Repealed internally, eff. 7-11-21.)

(235 ILCS 5/6-37.5) Sec. 6-37.5. Transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses. (a) No original package of wine or spirits may be transferred from one retail licensee to any other retail licensee without prior permission from the State Commission; howeve…

(235 ILCS 5/6-38) Sec. 6-38. One-time inventory transfer of wine or spirits by a retail licensee with multiple licenses. (a) No original package of wine or spirits may be transferred from one retail licensee to any other retail licensee without permission from the State Commissio…

(235 ILCS 5/6-39) Sec. 6-39. Opioid antagonists on premises. (a) In this Section, "music venue" means an indoor or outdoor location with a capacity of more than 1,000 persons used as a space to hold a live concert or musical performance for which tickets are purchased for admissi…

(235 ILCS 5/6-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 121) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-451) Sec. 6-4. (a) No person licensed by any licensing authority as a distiller, or a wine manufacturer, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or any officer, associate, member, partner, repr…

(235 ILCS 5/6-4.5) Sec. 6-4.5. Prohibited ownership interests in a distributor, importing distributor, manufacturer of beer, or non-resident dealer. (a) The General Assembly finds, consistent with Section 6-1.5, that the 3-tier regulatory system is designed to prevent a manufactu…

(235 ILCS 5/6-40) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 6-40. Consumer loyalty and reward programs. (a) In this Section: "Loyalty program" means a structured program used by a brew pub licensee, class 1 brewer licensee, class 2 brewe…