HB 1698 — Updating liquor permit and licensing provisions.

What this bill does

Makes changes to definitions under the alcohol server permit statutes clarifying that all persons selling and serving alcohol for on-premise consumption at a license facility need to obtain an alcohol server permit. Eliminates a special liquor permit and the public house liquor license.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2025
  95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 16, 2025
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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