HB5182 Summary

• Creates a new "third-party retailer delivery license" under Illinois Liquor Control Act allowing unlicensed persons to deliver alcoholic liquor on behalf of licensed retailers, with issuance and regulation exclusively by the State Commission (preempting local control).

• Establishes delivery requirements including BASSET server training certification, age verification (21+) with signature, insurance maintenance, delivery fee limitations (no percentage-based fees), and detailed recordkeeping for 3 years.

• Prohibits third-party delivery licensees from delivering mixed drinks, reselling alcohol, accepting payments from manufacturers/distributors, or holding financial interests in other liquor businesses.

• Sets license fees at $1,500 for online renewal and $1,750 for initial/non-online renewal, with revenues directed to the Dram Shop Fund.

• Removes exemption from possession laws for persons under 21 making alcohol deliveries in pursuance of employment, while maintaining exemption for parental request deliveries.