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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5110
Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Kam Buckner
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
235 ILCS 5/7-1	  from Ch. 43, par. 145
235 ILCS 5/7-6	  from Ch. 43, par. 150
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Requires an applicant for a retail license to provide the applicant's primary and supplementary email address to which all license-related notices may be served. Provides that certain licenses shall not be revoked or suspended except after a hearing by the State commission with reasonable notice to the licensee served by electronic or other reasonable means (instead of by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested) at least 10 days prior to the hearings at the last known place of business of the licensee or to the licensee's primary or supplemental email address and after an opportunity to appear and defend.
LRB104 19989 RPS 33440 b
A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning liquor.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
5changing Sections 7-1 and 7-6 as follows:
6    (235 ILCS 5/7-1)  (from Ch. 43, par. 145)
7    Sec. 7-1. An applicant for a retail license from the State
8Commission shall submit to the State Commission an application
9in writing under oath stating:
10        (1) The applicant's name and mailing address;
11        (2) The name and address of the applicant's business;
12        (3) If applicable, the date of the filing of the
13    "assumed name" of the business with the County Clerk;
14        (4) In case of a copartnership, the date of the
15    formation of the partnership; in the case of an Illinois
16    corporation, the date of its incorporation; or in the case
17    of a foreign corporation, the State where it was
18    incorporated and the date of its becoming qualified under
19    the Business Corporation Act of 1983 to transact business
20    in the State of Illinois;
21        (5) The number, the date of issuance and the date of
22    expiration of the applicant's current local retail liquor
23    license;
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1        (6) The name of the city, village, or county that
2    issued the local retail liquor license;
3        (7) The name and address of the landlord if the
4    premises are leased;
5        (8) The date of the applicant's first request for a
6    State liquor license and whether it was granted, denied or
7    withdrawn;
8        (9) The address of the applicant when the first
9    application for a State liquor license was made;
10        (10) The applicant's current State liquor license
11    number;
12        (11) The date the applicant began liquor sales at his
13    place of business;
14        (12) The address of the applicant's warehouse if he
15    warehouses liquor;
16        (13) The applicant's Retailers' Occupation Tax (ROT)
17    Registration Number;
18        (14) The applicant's document locator number on his
19    Federal Special Tax Stamp;
20        (15) Whether the applicant is delinquent in the
21    payment of the Retailers' Occupation Tax (Sales Tax), and
22    if so, the reasons therefor;
23        (16) Whether the applicant is delinquent under the
24    cash beer law, and if so, the reasons therefor;
25        (17) In the case of a retailer, whether he is
26    delinquent under the 30-day credit law, and if so, the
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1    reasons therefor;
2        (18) In the case of a distributor, whether he is
3    delinquent under the 15-day credit law, and if so, the
4    reasons therefor;
5        (19) Whether the applicant has made an application for
6    a liquor license which has been denied, and if so, the
7    reasons therefor;
8        (20) Whether the applicant has ever had any previous
9    liquor license suspended or revoked, and if so, the
10    reasons therefor;
11        (21) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of
12    a gambling offense or felony, and if so, the particulars
13    thereof;
14        (22) Whether the applicant possesses a current Federal
15    Wagering Stamp, and if so, the reasons therefor;
16        (23) Whether the applicant, or any other person,
17    directly in his place of business is a public official,
18    and if so, the particulars thereof;
19        (24) The applicant's name, sex, date of birth, social
20    security number, position and percentage of ownership in
21    the business; and the name, sex, date of birth, social
22    security number, position and percentage of ownership in
23    the business of every sole owner, partner, corporate
24    officer, director, manager and any person who owns 5% or
25    more of the shares of the applicant business entity or
26    parent corporations of the applicant business entity; [and]
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1        (25) That he has not received or borrowed money or
2    anything else of value, and that he will not receive or
3    borrow money or anything else of value (other than
4    merchandising credit in the ordinary course of business
5    for a period not to exceed 90 days as herein expressly
6    permitted under Section 6-5 hereof), directly or
7    indirectly, from any manufacturer, importing distributor
8    or distributor or from any representative of any such
9    manufacturer, importing distributor or distributor, nor be
10    a party in any way, directly or indirectly, to any
11    violation by a manufacturer, distributor or importing
12    distributor of Section 6-6 of this Act; and [.]
13        (26) The applicant's primary and supplementary 
14    electronic mail addresses to which all license-related 
15    notices may be served.
16    In addition to any other requirement of this Section, an
17applicant for a special use permit license and a special event
18retailer's license shall also submit (A) proof satisfactory to
19the Commission that the applicant has a resale number issued
20under Section 2c of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or that
21the applicant is registered under Section 2a of the Retailers'
22Occupation Tax Act, (B) proof satisfactory to the Commission
23that the applicant has a current, valid exemption
24identification number issued under Section 1g of the
25Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and a certification to the
26Commission that the purchase of alcoholic liquors will be a
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1tax-exempt purchase, or (C) a statement that the applicant is
2not registered under Section 2a of the Retailers' Occupation
3Tax Act, does not hold a resale number under Section 2c of the
4Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and does not hold an exemption
5number under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
6The applicant shall also submit proof of adequate dram shop
7insurance for the special event prior to being issued a
8license.
9    In addition to the foregoing information, such application
10shall contain such other and further information as the State
11Commission and the local commission may, by rule or regulation
12not inconsistent with law, prescribe.
13    If the applicant reports a felony conviction as required
14under paragraph (21) of this Section, such conviction may be
15considered by the Commission in accordance with Section 6-2.5
16of this Act in determining qualifications for licensing, but
17shall not operate as a bar to licensing.
18    If said application is made in behalf of a partnership,
19firm, association, club or corporation, then the same shall be
20signed by one member of such partnership or the president or
21secretary of such corporation or an authorized agent of said
22partnership or corporation.
23    All other applications shall be on forms prescribed by the
24State Commission, and which may exclude any of the above
25requirements which the State Commission rules to be
26inapplicable.
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1(Source: P.A. 100-286, eff. 1-1-18.)
2    (235 ILCS 5/7-6)  (from Ch. 43, par. 150)
3    Sec. 7-6. All proceedings for the revocation or suspension
4of licenses of manufacturers, distributors, importing
5distributors, non-resident dealers, foreign importers,
6non-beverage users, railroads, airplanes and boats shall be
7before the State Commission. All such proceedings and all
8proceedings for the revocation or suspension of a retailer's
9license before the State commission shall be in accordance
10with rules and regulations established by it not inconsistent
11with law. However, no such license shall be so revoked or
12suspended except after a hearing by the State commission with
13reasonable notice to the licensee served by electronic or 
14other reasonable means [registered or certified mail with ]
15[return receipt requested] at least 10 days prior to the
16hearings at the last known place of business of the licensee or 
17to the licensee's primary or supplemental email address and
18after an opportunity to appear and defend. Such notice shall
19specify the time and place of the hearing, the nature of the
20charges, the specific provisions of the Act and rules
21violated, and the specific facts supporting the charges or
22violation. The findings of the Commission shall be predicated
23upon competent evidence. The revocation of a local license
24shall automatically result in the revocation of a State
25license. Upon notification by the Illinois Department of
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1Revenue, the State Commission, in accordance with Section
23-12, may refuse the issuance or renewal of a license, fine a
3licensee, or suspend or revoke any license issued by the State
4Commission if the licensee or license applicant has violated
5the provisions of Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
6Act. All procedures for the suspension or revocation of a
7license, as enumerated above, are applicable to the levying of
8fines for violations of this Act or any rule or regulation
9issued pursuant thereto.
10(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)