Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB169 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 05/20/2022

                     
 
 
 
An Act 
ENROLLED SENATE 
BILL NO. 169 	By: Kidd of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Luttrell of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A 
O.S. 2021, Section 7-102, which relates to cocktails -
to-go definitions; expanding the meaning of original 
container to include manufactured mixed drinks; 
amending 37A O.S. 2021, Section 7 -103, which relates 
to the requirements for cocktails -to-go; modifying 
requirements to sell cocktails -to-go; and providing 
an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
SUBJECT:  Alcoholic beverages 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     37A O.S. 2021, Section 7 -102, is 
amended to read as fol lows: 
 
Section 7-102.  As used in this act: 
 
1.  "Cocktail" or "mixed drink" means any beverage obtained by 
combining ingredients alcoholic in nature, whether brewed, 
fermented, or distilled, with ingredients nonalcoholic in nature, 
such as fruit juice, lemo nade, cream or a carbona ted beverage; 
 
2.  "Single-serve wine" means a bottle or sealed contai ner, 
containing seven (7) fluid ounces, or less, of wine; 
 
3.  "Original container" means, for the purposes of this act 
only, a container that is filled, sealed and secured with a tamper-
evident lid or cap by the original manufacturer of the mixed drink   
 
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or by a mixed beverage licensee 's or caterer licensee 's employee at 
the mixed beverage licensee 's or caterer licensee 's location with a 
tamper-evident lid or cap; 
 
4.  "Sealed container" means a rigid container that contains a 
mixed drink, is new, has never be en used, has a secured lid or cap 
designed to prevent consumption without removal of the lid or cap 
and is tamper evident.  Sealed container does not include a 
container with a lid with s ipping holes or openings for straws or a 
container made of plastic, p aper or polystyrene foam; and 
 
5.  "Tamper evident" means a lid or cap that has been sealed 
with tamper-evident covers, including, but not limited to, wax dip 
or heat-shrink wrap. 
 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     37A O.S. 2021, Section 7 -103, is 
amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 7-103.  A cocktail, mixed drink or single -serve wine 
placed in a sealed container by a mixed beverage licensee at the 
mixed beverage licensee's or caterer licensee's location in its 
original container may be transferred and sold for off-premises 
consumption if the following requirements are met: 
 
1.  The cocktail, mixed beverage or single -serve wine is 
transferred within the li censed premises by a cur bside pickup or by 
delivery by an employee of the retail licensee who : 
 
a. is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and 
 
b. upon delivery, verifies the age of the person to whom 
the cocktail is being delivered; 
 
2.  If the employee de livering the cocktail, m ixed drink or 
single-serve wine is not able to safely verify a pers on's age or 
level of intoxication upon delivery, the employee shall cancel the 
sale of alcohol and return the product to the retail license holder; 
 
3.  The sealed container is placed in the trunk of the vehicle 
or, if there is no trunk, in the vehicle 's rear compartment that is 
not readily accessible to the passenger area; and 
   
 
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4.  The In the case of a mixed drink sealed by the mixed 
beverage or caterer licensee, the sealed container shall be affixed 
with a label or tag that contains the following informat ion: 
 
a. the cocktail, mixed drink or single -serve wine 
ingredients, type and name of the alcohol, 
 
b. the name, license number and address of the mixed 
beverage licensee or caterer licensee wh o filled the 
original container and sold the product, 
 
c. the volume of the cocktail, mixed drink or single -
serve wine in the sealed container, and 
 
d. verification that the sealed container was filled less 
than seven (7) days before the date of sale; and 
 
5. In the case of a mixed drink in its original container fro m 
the original manufacturer of the mixed drink, the Oklahoma -
registered label shall not be tampered with, modified , or otherwise 
changed. 
 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effectiv e November 1, 2022. 
   
 
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Passed the Senate the 20th day of May, 2022. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2022. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________ 
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. 
By: _______________________________ __ 
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ 
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. 
 
 	_________________________________ 
 	Governor of the State of Oklahoma 
 
 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___ 
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. 
By: ___________________________ ______