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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2741
liquor sampling; reporting; requirements.
Purpose
Prescribes the authorized means for a licensed beer and wine store or liquor store with
sampling privileges to maintain and report required sampling records.
Background
The Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC), consisting of the State Liquor
Board and the Office of the Director, regulates the manufacture, distribution and sale of liquor in
Arizona through the issuance of a series of licenses and investigating license complaints with
liquor laws (A.R.S. Title 4).
A liquor store or a beer and wine store licensee that holds a license with sampling privileges
may provide spirituous liquor sampling subject to the following requirements: 1) any open product
must be kept locked by the licensee when the sampling area is not staffed; 2) the licensee is
otherwise subject to all other liquor laws and is liable for any violation committed in connection
with the sampling; 3) the licensed retailer must make sales of sampled products from the licensed
retail premises; 4) the licensee must not charge any customer for the sampling of any products,
except that the licensee may charge a fee for bona fide educational classes conducted in a
classroom by an instructor on the licensed premises where the sampling of any spirituous liquor
product is incidental to the course taught and to the course materials presented; 5) the sampling
must be conducted under the supervision of an employee of a sponsoring distiller, vintner, brewer,
wholesaler or retail licensee; 6) accurate records of sampling products dispensed must be retained
by the licensee; 7) sampling must be limited to three ounces of beer or cooler-type products, one
and one-half ounces of wine and one ounce of distilled spirits per person, per brand, per day; and
8) the sampling must be conducted only on the licensed premises (A.R.S. ยง 4-206.01).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits DLLC from requiring a beer and wine store or liquor store licensee that has sampling
privileges to use a singular DLLC-maintained system for maintaining required sampling
records and reports.
2. Allows a beer and wine store or liquor store licensee to use any reasonable means for
maintaining required sampling records and reports.
3. Requires a beer and wine store or liquor store licensee to report scheduled samplings to DLLC
once every two weeks. FACT SHEET
H.B. 2471
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4. Allows a beer and wine store or liquor store licensee to use any reasonable means to report
scheduled samplings to DLLC.
5. Makes technical and conforming changes.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
COM 2/18/25 DP 8-0-0-2
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rd
Read 2/26/25 56-1-3
Prepared by Senate Research
March 14, 2025
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