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740 ILCS 58/5

    (740 ILCS 58/5)
    Sec. 5. Responsibility of person who supplies alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person under 18 years of age.
    (a) Any person at least 18 years of age who willfully supplies alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs to a person under 18 years of age and causes the impairment of such person shall be liable for death or injuries to persons or property caused by the impairment of such person.
    (b) A person, or the surviving spouse and next of kin of any person, who is injured, in person or property, by an impaired person under the age of 18, and a person under age 18 who is injured in person or property by an impairment that was caused by alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs that were willfully supplied by a person over 18 years of age, has a right of action in his or her own name, jointly and severally, for damages (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) against any person:
        (i) who, by willfully selling, giving, or delivering
    
alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs, causes or contributes to the impairment of the person under the age of 18; or
        (ii) who, by willfully permitting consumption of
    
alcoholic liquor or illegal drugs on premises owned or controlled by the person over the age of 18, causes or contributes to the impairment of the person under the age of 18.
    (c) An action for damages under this Section is barred unless commenced within 2 years after the right of action arises.
(Source: P.A. 103-118, eff. 1-1-24.)