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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 533 By: Burns
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;
7 amending 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2-121, as amended by
8 Section 1, Chapter 81, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O.S. Supp.
8 2024, Section 2-121), which relates to employee
9 license; establishing certain exemption; 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 2-121, as
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14 amended by Section 1, Chapter 81, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O.S. Supp. 2024,
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15 Section 2-121), is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 2-121. A. An employee license shall authorize the
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17 holder thereof to work in a licensed package store, retail spirits,
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18 retail wine or retail beer establishment, brewpub, mixed beverage
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19 establishment, beer and wine establishment, bottle club, public
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20 event or any establishment where alcohol or alcoholic beverages are
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21 sold, mixed or served. Persons employed by a mixed beverage, on-
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22 premises beer and wine, retail wine, retail beer, public event or a
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23 bottle club licensee who do not participate in the service, mixing
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24 or sale of mixed beverages shall not be required to have an employee
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1 license. Provided, however, that a manager employed by a mixed
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2 beverage licensee, public event licensee or a bottle club shall be
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3 required to have an employee license whether or not the manager
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4 participates in the service, mixing or sale of mixed beverages.
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5 Applicants for an employee license shall be at least eighteen (18)
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6 years of age, except for applicants employed by a grocery store or
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7 convenience store who shall be at least sixteen (16) years of age,
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8 and have a health card issued by the county in which they are
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9 employed, if the county issues such a card; provided, the provisions
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10 of this section shall not be construed to permit any person under
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11 twenty-one (21) years of age to be employed to sell spirits.
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12 Employees of a special event, caterer, unless catering a mixed
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13 beverage-licensed premises, or airline/railroad beverage licensees
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14 shall not be required to obtain an employee license; further,
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15 employees of beer distributors and other licensees holding licenses
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16 issued by the ABLE Commission shall not be required to obtain an
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17 employee license if such employee only sells alcohol or alcoholic
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18 beverages to establishments holding licenses issued by the ABLE
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19 Commission and not to the public. Persons employed by a hotel
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20 licensee who participate in the stocking of hotel room mini-bars or
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21 in the handling of alcoholic beverages to be placed in such devices
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22 shall be required to have an employee license. As a prerequisite to
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23 the issuance of an employee license, not later than fourteen (14)
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24 days after initial licensure, the first-time applicant shall be
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1 required to have successfully completed a training program conducted
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2 by the ABLE Commission, or by another entity approved by the ABLE
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3 Commission including an in-house training program conducted by the
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4 employer. Proof of training completion shall be made available for
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5 inspection by the ABLE Commission at the business location employing
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6 the licensee. The failure of an employee licensee to comply with
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7 this section may constitute a revocable offense.
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8 B. An individual whose name appears on the business entity's
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9 license shall not be required to obtain an employee license to work
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10 on the premises of the business.
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11 C. In the event the ABLE Commission denies an application for
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12 an employee license, the Commission shall provide written notice to
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13 the applicant's employer, if any. The notice shall be given at the
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14 time notice is provided to the applicant.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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