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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1526 By: Daniels
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 An Act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;
8 amending 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2-156, which relates
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10 certain counties; allowing conversion of certain
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2-156, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 2-156. A. No retail spirits license shall be issued to
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20 a corporation, limited liability company or similar business entity.
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21 No person may own any interest in more than two package stores;
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22 provided, a spouse of a retail spirits license holder may hold a
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23 separate interest in up to two (2) package stores. For the purpose
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1 more than one package store, any person having a beneficial interest
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2 in any package store shall be deemed to be a partner in the package
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3 store except that the spouse of any retail spirits license holder or
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4 partner shall not be deemed to be a partner or have a beneficial
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5 interest in a package store unless his or her name appears on the
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6 license. A beneficial interest shall be any interest that benefits
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7 from any sales or profits of the package store.
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8 B. For purposes of this section, any spouse of a retail spirits
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9 license holder shall not hold another license provided for pursuant
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10 to the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, except a retail wine
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11 license, retail beer license, on-premises beer and wine license,
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12 mixed beverage license, a caterer's license or a retail spirits
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13 license.
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14 C. Package stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic
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15 Beverage Control Act may sell only alcoholic beverages in retail
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16 containers as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, in the
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17 original package for consumption off the premises; provided, that
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18 package stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
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19 Control Act that are also mixed beverage licensees shall not be
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20 prohibited from the exercise of the authorities granted to them by
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21 Section 2-110 of this title. All retail sales shall be made on the
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22 licensed premises and all deliveries off the premises, at retail, of
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23 intoxicating liquor or beer are hereby prohibited. Provided, a
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24 holder of a Retail Spirits License retail spirits license shall be
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1 permitted to sell at retail any item that may be purchased at a
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2 grocery store or convenience store, as defined by law, except for
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3 motor fuel, so long as the sale of items other than alcoholic
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4 beverages do does not comprise more than twenty percent (20%) of the
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5 holder's monthly sales.
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6 D. In counties with a population of seventy thousand (70,000)
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7 or more according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, a limited
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8 partnership or a limited liability partnership may hold a retail
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9 spirits license. If an existing retail spirits licensee is
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10 organized as a limited partnership, the licensee may convert to a
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11 limited liability partnership at any time without the need to
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12 reapply for a license or suspend business operations, as long as the
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13 licensee notifies the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission
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14 of the conversion within ninety (90) days of the conversion. Each
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15 partner of a limited partnership or a limited liability partnership
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16 shall be fully disclosed to the Commission and shall be a natural
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17 person. Any changes to the partnership shall be disclosed to the
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18 Commission within five (5) business days.
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19 E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a
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20 limited partnership or a limited liability partnership holding a
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21 retail spirits license to be owned by a corporation, limited
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1 F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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