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An act relating to alcoholic beverages, the official text

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1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 2804               By: Marti

4

5

6                   AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A

    O.S. 2021, Section 6-102, as last amended by Section

8   8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp. 2024,

    Section 6-102), which relates to prohibited acts of

9   licensees; providing that in order to violate a

    certain provision of this act the licensee must do so

10  knowingly; and providing an effective date.

11

12

13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  37A O.S. 2021, Section 6-102, as

15 last amended by Section 8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp.

16 2024, Section 6-102), is amended to read as follows:

17  Section 6-102. A. No licensee of the ABLE Commission shall:

18  1. Receive Knowingly receive, possess or sell any alcoholic

19 beverage except as authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage

20 Control Act and by the license or permit which the licensee holds;

21  2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in the

22 selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty-one (21)

23 years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided:

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1       a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public

2       event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or

3       retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales

4       clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age,

5       except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may

6       not serve in designated bar or lounge areas, and

7       b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public

8       event, special event or bottle club licensee may

9       employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who

10      are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such

11      musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal

12      guardian or has on their person, to be made available

13      for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE

14      Commission or law enforcement officer, a written,

15      notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian

16      giving the underage musician permission to perform in

17      designated bar or lounge areas;

18      3. Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or

19 consideration for any lottery, game of chance or skill or any type

20 of competition;

21      4. Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate

22 the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited

23 to:

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1   a. deliver more than two drinks to one person at one

2   time, except:

3   (1) As provided for serving tasting flights defined

4                   in Section 6-102.1 of this title, or

5   (2) Up to six (6) bottles or cans of beer in the

6                   original packaging for on-premises consumption

7                   may be delivered to one person at one time in a

8                   reusable container, including but not limited to

9                   a bucket or insulated cooler which may be cooled

10                  by ice or another cooling method,

11  b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of

12  persons any drinks at a price that is less than six

13  percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed

14  beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee

15  shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on

16  any particular hour of any particular day and shall

17  not be required to offer these drink specials for an

18  entire calendar week or from open to close, and shall

19  not be required to offer such drink specials at all

20  venues operating under the same mixed beverage

21  license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling

22  wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to

23  offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on-

24  premises drinks,

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1   c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited

2   number of drinks during any set period of time for a

3   fixed price, except at private functions not open to

4   the public,

5   d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of

6   persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices

7   less than those charged the general public on that

8   day, except at private functions not open to the

9   public,

10  e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained

11  in a drink without increasing proportionately the

12  price regularly charged for such drink during the same

13  calendar week, or

14  f. encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any

15  game or contest which involves drinking or the

16  awarding of drinks as prizes.

17  Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not

18 prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or

19 bottle service in licensed establishments;

20  5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed

21 premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.

22 Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed

23 original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from

24 the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patron, closed original

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1 wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, hotels and

2 motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages

3 transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer

4 by the caterer or an employee of the caterer;

5   6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license

6 issued by the ABLE Commission;

7   7. Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the

8 licensee's licensed premises; or

9   8. Permit or allow any patron to serve or pour himself or

10 herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron

11 self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated devices

12 on licensed premises so long as:

13  a. the licensee monitors and has the ability to control

14  the dispensing of such beer or wine, or both, from the

15  automated devices. "Automated device" shall mean any

16  mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer,

17  or both, directly to a patron in exchange for

18  compensation that a licensee has received directly

19  from the patron, and

20  b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of

21  wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall

22  provide constant video monitoring of the automated

23  device at all times during which the licensee is open

24  to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded

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1   footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty

2   (60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon

3   request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE

4   Commission or other authorized law enforcement agent.

5   B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a of paragraph

6 8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio

7 frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any

8 other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed

9 amount of volume of thirty-two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10)

10 ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer or wine

11 dispensed from the automated device:

12  a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only

13  during a business day,

14  b. each RFID device shall be obtained from the licensee

15  by a patron,

16  c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID

17  device to a patron, and

18  d. an RFID device shall be deemed active if the RFID

19  device contains volume credit or has not yet been used

20  to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32)

21  ounces of beer.

22  2. In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each

23 patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or

24 other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the

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1 individual and demonstrates that the individual is at least twenty-

2 one (21) years of age. Each RFID device shall be programmed to

3 require the production of the patron's valid identification before

4 the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business

5 day or for any subsequent reactivation.

6   3. Each RFID device shall become inactive at the end of each

7 business day.

8   4. Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing

9 of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of

10 beer to a patron:

11  a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10)

12               ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer to a

13               patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and

14  b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device

15               may, upon production of the patron's valid

16               identification to the licensee or licensee's employee,

17               have the RFID device reactivated to allow the

18               dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or

19               thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated

20               device.

21 Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine

22 or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee's

23 agent or employee.

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1   C. A mixed beverage or beer and wine licensee shall not be

2 deemed to have violated the provisions of paragraph 5 of subsection

3 A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed

4 premises with an open container of beer or wine only and:

5   1. The otherwise prohibited act was committed during the hours

6 of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game

7 of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher

8 Education, and the establishment is located within two thousand

9 (2,000) feet of the institution;

10  2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally

11 sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the

12 municipality has provided written notice of the event and a list of

13 invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days

14 prior to the event; or

15  3. The patron remains on the connected, physical property of

16 the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the physical property

17 of the licensee with prior municipal approval; provided, that

18 written notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the

19 licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at

20 least five (5) days prior to such use.

21  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

22

23  60-1-11303      JL     12/20/24

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