Arizona 2023 2023 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2293 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/10/2023

                      	HB 2293 
Initials PRB/LM 	Page 1 	Commerce 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
First Regular Session 
 
 
HB2293: liquor; purchase; identification 
Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 7 
Committee on Commerce 
Overview 
Allows a valid unexpired border crossing card to be used as valid proof that the person is of legal 
drinking age. 
History 
Current statute stipulates the following written instruments as the only types of identification 
acceptable to be demanded if a licensee, an employee of the licensee or any other person 
questions or has reason to question that the person ordering, purchasing, attempting to purchase 
or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure the serving or delivery of spirituous liquor or 
entering a portion of a licensed premises when the primary use is the sale or service of spirituous 
liquor is under the legal drinking age:  
1) An unexpired driver license issued by this state; 
2) An unexpired driver license issued by any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory 
of the United States or Canada if the license includes a picture of the person and the 
person's date of birth; 
3) An unexpired nonoperating identification license;  
4) A form of identification license issued by any other state, the District of Columbia, any 
territory of the United States or Canada if the license is substantially equivalent to a 
nonoperating identification license and includes a picture of the person and the person's 
date of birth; 
5) An unexpired armed forces identification card that includes the person's picture and date 
of birth; and  
6) A valid unexpired passport or a valid unexpired resident alien 19 card that (A.R.S. § 4-
241). 
A written instrument is either any paper, document or other instrument that contains written or 
printed matter or its equivalent or any token, stamp, seal, badge, trademark, graphical image, 
access device or other evidence or symbol of value, right, privilege or identification (A.R.S. § 13-
2001). 
Provisions 
1. Adds a valid unexpired border crossing card, issued by the US government containing a 
photograph of the person and the date of birth, as a valid type of identification when 
purchasing liquor. (Sec.1) 
2. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1) 
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