Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1788 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2022

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) 
 
SENATE BILL 1788 	By: Coleman 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A 
O.S. 2021, Section 7 -102, which relates to 
definitions; modifying definition; amending 37A O.S. 
2021, Section 7-103, which relates to requirements 
for off-premises consumption; allowing for 
distribution of mixed drinks under certain 
conditions; updating statutory reference s; and 
declaring an emergency. 
 
 
 
 
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 follows: 
Section 7-102. As used in this act Section 7-101 et seq. of 
this title: 
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, lemonade, cream or a carbonated beverage; 
2.  “Single-serve wine” means a bottle or seale d container, 
containing seven (7) fluid ounces, or less, of wine;   
 
 
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3.  “Original container” means, for the purposes of this act 
Section 7-101 et seq. of this title only, a container that is 
filled, sealed and secured with a tamper-evident lid or cap by the 
original manufacturer of the mixed drink 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 been 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 sipping holes o r openings for straws or a 
container made of plastic, paper 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 bev erage 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:   
 
 
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1.  The cocktail, mixed beverage or single -serve wine is 
transferred within the l icensed premises by a curb side 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 delive red; 
2.  If the employee delivering the cocktail, mixed drink or 
single-serve wine is not able to safely verify a person ’s age or 
level of intoxication upon delivery, the employee shall cancel the 
sale of alcohol and return the product to the retail licens e 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 
4.  The In the case of a mixed drink sealed by the mi xed 
beverage or caterer licensee, the sealed container shall be affixed 
with a label or tag that contains the following information: 
a. the cocktail, mixed drink or single -serve wine 
ingredients, type and name of the alcohol, 
b. the name, license number and add ress of the mixed 
beverage licensee or caterer licensee who 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   
 
 
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d. verification that the sealed container was fille d less 
than seven (7) days before the date of sale; and 
5.  In the case of a mixed drink in its original container from 
the original manufacturer of the mixed drink, the Oklahoma -
registered label shall not be tampered with, modified, or other wise 
changed. 
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby 
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
 
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