Required training dates for alcohol servers in Illinois bars, restaurants
The July 2015 signing of
Public Act 99-0046 requires alcohol servers (and those checking ID's for alcohol service) in Illinois on-premise establishments to successfully complete a Beverage Alcohol Sellers/Servers Education & Training (
BASSET) class every three years. As cited in the law, this mandate takes effect by a pre-determined date based upon county population (NOTE: Many local jurisdictions already require BASSET; please visit the
Local Survey page for ordinances in your community).
Click on the Illinois map to view a PDF file featuring a graphic representation of when alcohol servers and ID-checkers are required to be BASSET-certified by county, or scroll down for the list of Illinois counties by the required BASSET certification date (population based on 2010 U.S. Census data):
BASSET certification currently required (as of July 1, 2015)
Certification required by July 1, 2016 (alphabetical listing of counties with 200,000+ people)
- Champaign County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- Madison County
- McHenry County
- St. Clair County
- Will County
- Winnebago County
Certification required by July 1, 2017 (alphabetical listing of counties between 30,000-200,000 people)
- Adams County
- Boone County
- Bureau County
- Christian County
- Clinton County
- Coles County
- DeKalb County
- Effingham County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Grundy County
- Henry County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Knox County
- LaSalle County
- Lee County
- Livingston County
- Logan County
- Macon County
- Macoupin County
- Marion County
- McDonough County
- McLean County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Ogle County
- Peoria County
- Randolph County
- Rock Island County
- Sangamon County
- Stephenson County
- Tazewell County
- Vermilion County
- Whiteside County
- Williamson County
- Woodford County
Certification required byJuly 1, 2018 (alphabetical listing of counties with 30,000 people or less)
- Alexander County
- Bond County
- Brown County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- De Witt County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Edwards County
- Fayette County
- Ford County
- Gallatin County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Iroquois County
- Jasper County
- Jersey County
- Jo Daviess County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marshall County
- Mason County
- Massac County
- Menard County
- Mercer County
- Moultrie County
- Perry County
- Piatt County
- Pike County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Richland County
- Saline County
- Schuyler County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Stark County
- Union County
- Wabash County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- White County
