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An act relating to alcoholic beverages, the official text

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1                  STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

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3 SENATE BILL 344                      By: Coleman
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A

7   O.S. 2021, Section 6-108, which relates to retail

8   wine or beer licenses; expanding exemption for

8   offering certain inducements to a consumer for a sale

9   of beer or wine; updating statutory language; and

9   providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY          37A O.S. 2021, Section 6-108, is

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14 amended to read as follows:
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15  Section 6-108. No holder of a Retail Wine License retail wine

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16 license or a Retail Beer License retail beer license shall:
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17  1. Purchase or receive any alcoholic beverage other than from a

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18 wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, winery or small
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19 brewer self-distribution licensee;
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20  2. Suffer or permit any retail container to be opened, or any

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21 alcoholic beverage to be consumed on the licensed premises, except
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22 when serving samples as authorized by Section 2-109 of this title or
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23 as otherwise permitted by law; provided, the licensee shall not
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24 permit any alcoholic beverages content or retail container unsealed
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1 in connection with sampling authorized by Section 2-109 of this
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2 title to remain on the licensed premises at the close of the
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3 business on that day;
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4   3. Sell any beer or wine at any hour other than between the

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5 hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. the following day, Monday through
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6 Sunday. Retail wine and retail beer licensees shall be permitted to
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7 sell beer and wine on the day of any General, Primary, Runoff
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8 Primary or Special Election whether on a national, state, county or
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9 city election;
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10  4. Sell any beer and wine on credit; except as follows:

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11  a. the acceptance by a grocery store, convenience store

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12                or drug store of a cash or debit card, or a nationally

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13                recognized credit card, in lieu of actual cash payment

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14                does not constitute the extension of credit; provided,

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15                further, as used in this section:

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16                (1) "cash or debit card" means any instrument or

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17                device whether known as a debit card or by any

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18                other name, issued with or without fee by an

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19                issuer for the use of the cardholder in

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20                depositing, obtaining or transferring funds from

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21                a consumer banking electronic facility, and

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22                (2) "nationally recognized credit card" means any

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23                instrument or device, whether known as a credit

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24                card, credit plate, charge plate or by any other

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1                      name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for

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2                      the use of the cardholder in obtaining money,

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3                      goods, services or anything else of value on

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4                      credit which is accepted by over one hundred

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5                      retail locations, and

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6   b. when the holder of a Retail Wine License retail wine

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7                 license, Retail Beer License retail beer license, or

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8                 Mixed Beverage License mixed beverage license is a

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9                 private membership club, marina, golf course or

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10                country club that normally charges food, drinks and

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11                other purchases to the member's monthly dues account

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12                in the regular course of business, in lieu of actual

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13                cash payment at the time of purchase, such practice

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14                does not constitute the extension of credit;

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15  5. Offer or furnish any prize, premium, gift or similar

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16 inducement to a consumer in connection with the sale of beer or
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17 wine, except that:
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18  a. goods or merchandise included by the manufacturer in

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19                packaging with beer or wine or for packaging with beer

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20                or wine shall not be included in this prohibition, nor

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21                shall a retail wine or retail beer license holder

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22                selling wine or beer at a multiunit discount be

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23                included in this prohibition; but provided, that no

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24                retail wine or retail beer licensee shall sell any

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1                 beer or wine prepackaged with other goods or

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2                 merchandise at a price which is greater than the price

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3                 at which the alcoholic beverage alone is sold, and

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4   b. retail packages at discount, at the discretion of the

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5                 licensee, for individuals of specific professions and

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6                 current or former members of the United States Armed

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7                 Forces. No discount shall make the retail price lower

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8                 than six-percent markup as applicable in Section 3-118

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9                 of this title; or

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10  6. Pay for beer or wine by a check or draft which is dishonored

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11 by the drawee when presented to such drawee for payment; and the
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12 ABLE Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission may
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13 cancel or suspend the license of any retailer who has given a check
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14 or draft, as maker or endorser, which is so dishonored upon
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15 presentation.
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16  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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