Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1392 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/11/2023

                             
 
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION 
April 10, 2023 
 
 
ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1392 	By: Bashore and Pittman of the 
House 
 
  and 
 
  Coleman of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A 
O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, as amended by Section 1, 
Chapter 300, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O. S. Supp. 2022, 
Section 6-102), which relates to the prohibited acts 
of licensees; expanding the exceptions to the means 
or inducements to stimulate the consumption of 
alcoholic beverages; providing that a specific number 
of beers in reusable containers may be delivered to 
individuals for on-premises consumption; and 
providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     37A O.S. 2021, Section 6-102, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 300, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O.S. S upp. 2022, 
Section 6-102), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 6-102. A.  No licensee of the ABLE Commission shall:   
 
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1.  Receive, possess or sell any alcoholic bevera ge except as 
authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and by the 
license or permit which the licensee holds; 
2.  Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in the 
selling of beer or w ine or employ any person under twenty-one (21) 
years of age in the selling of spirits.  Provided: 
a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, c aterer, public 
event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or 
retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales 
clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, 
except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may 
not serve in designated bar or loung e areas, and 
b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public 
event, special event or bottle club licensee may 
employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who 
are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such 
musician is either accompanied by a pare nt or legal 
guardian or has on their person, to be made available 
for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE 
Commission or law enforcement officer, a written , 
notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian 
giving the underage musician pe rmission to perform in 
designated bar or lounge areas;   
 
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3.  Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or 
consideration for any lottery, game of chance or skill or a ny type 
of competition; 
4.  Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate 
the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited 
to: 
a. deliver more than two drinks to one person at on e 
time, except: 
(1) as provided for serving tast ing flights defined 
in Section 6-102.1 of this title, or 
(2) up to six (6) bottles or cans of beer in its 
original packaging for on-premises consumption 
may be delivered to one person at one time in a 
reusable container, including but not limited to 
a bucket or insulated cooler which may be cooled 
by ice or another cooling method, 
b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of 
persons any drinks at a price that is less than six 
percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed 
beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee 
shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on 
any particular hour of any particular day and shall 
not be required to offer these drink specials for an 
entire calendar week or from open to close, a nd shall   
 
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not be required to offer such drink specials at all 
venues operating under the same mixed beverage 
license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling 
wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to 
offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on-
premises drinks, 
c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited 
number of drinks during an y set period of time for a 
fixed price, except at private functions not open to 
the public, 
d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any perso n or group of 
persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices 
less than those charged the general public on that 
day, except at private f unctions not open to the 
public, 
e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained 
in a drink without increas ing proportionately the 
price regularly charged for such drink during the same 
calendar week, or 
f. encourage or permit, on the licensed prem ises, any 
game or contest which invo lves drinking or the 
awarding of drinks as prizes.   
 
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Provided, that the provision s of this paragraph shall not 
prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or 
bottle service in licensed establishments; 
5.  Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed 
premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.  
Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed 
original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carr ied from 
the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patr on, closed original 
wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, h otels and 
motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages 
transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer 
by the caterer or an employee of th e caterer; 
6.  Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license 
issued by the ABLE Commission; 
7.  Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the 
licensee's licensed premises; or 
8.  Permit or allow any pat ron to serve or pour himself or 
herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron 
self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated devices 
on licensed premises so long as: 
a. the licensee monitors and has t he ability to control 
the dispensing of such beer or wine , or both, from the 
automated devices.  "Automated device" shall mean any 
mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer,   
 
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or both, directly to a patron in exchange for 
compensation that a licen see has received dire ctly 
from the patron, and 
b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of 
wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall 
provide constant video monitoring of the automated 
device at all times during which the licensee i s open 
to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded 
footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty 
(60) days, and shall provi de the footage, upon 
request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE 
Commission or other authorized law enforcement age nt. 
B.  1.  The compensation required by subparagraph a o f paragraph 
8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio 
frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any 
other technology approved by the ABLE Commission contai ning a fixed 
amount of volume of thirty-two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10) 
ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer o r wine 
dispensed from the automated device: 
a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only 
during a business day, 
b. each RFID device shall be obtained from the licens ee 
by a patron,   
 
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c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID 
device to a patron, and 
d. an RFID device shall be deemed active if the RFID 
device contains volume credit or has not yet been used 
to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) 
ounces of beer. 
2.  In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each 
patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or 
other government-issued document that contains a pho tograph of the 
individual and demonstrates that the indiv idual is at least twenty-
one (21) years of age.  Each RFID device shall be pro grammed to 
require the production of the patron's valid identification before 
the RFID device can be used for the first t ime during any busine ss 
day or for any subsequent reactiv ation. 
3.  Each RFID device shall become inactive at the end of each 
business day. 
4.  Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing 
of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) ounces of 
beer to a patron: 
a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10) 
ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) ounces of beer to a 
patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and 
b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device 
may, upon production of the patron's valid   
 
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identification to the licensee or licensee's employee, 
have the RFID device reactivated to al low the 
dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or 
thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated 
device. 
Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine 
or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee 's 
agent or employee. 
C.  A mixed beverage or beer and wine licensee shall not be 
deemed to have violated the provisions of paragraph 5 of subsec tion 
A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed 
premises with an open container of beer or wi ne only and: 
1. The otherwise prohibited act was committed during the hours 
of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a schedul ed home football game 
of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher 
Education, and the establishment is located within tw o thousand 
(2,000) feet of the institution; 
2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally 
sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the 
municipality has provided written notice of the event and a list of 
invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days 
prior to the event; or 
3.  The patron remains on the connected, physi cal property of 
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of the licensee with prior municipal approval; prov ided that written 
notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the 
licensee or public area shall be provided t o the ABLE Commission at 
least five (5) days prior to suc h use. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSI NESS AND COMMERCE 
April 10, 2023 - DO PASS