Req. No. 10123 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE BILL 1330 By: Humphrey AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; creating Task Force for the Study of Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws; providing for appointmen t of members; requiring organizational meeting; providing for task force chair, quorum and meetings; requiring certain study and authorizing production of final report; providing for travel reimbursement, staff assistance; providing for codification; and p roviding an effective date . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9-101 of Title 37A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created the Task Force for the Study of Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws. B. The task force shall consist of thirteen (13) members who own a business that holds an Alcoholic Beverages Laws En forcement Commission license as follows: 1. Three members to be appointed by the Governor; Req. No. 10123 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Five members to be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; and 3. Five members to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate. C. The task force shall conduct an organizational meeting not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the sine die adjournment of the 1st Regular Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature. D. The task force shall be author ized to meet as often as required in order to perform the duties imposed upon the task force by law. E. The chair of the task force shall be elected by the members of the task force. A simple majority of the members of the task force shall constitute a q uorum for purposes of any action taken by the task force F. 1. The task force shall conduct a study of Oklahoma alcoholic beverage laws. The task force shall look at the feasibility of and make recommendations for the following : a. lowering fines and fe es set by statute and by the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission ; b. reduce unnecessary state regulations in the alcoholic beverage industry; Req. No. 10123 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 c. removing requirements that a holder of a license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission must use one distributor ; d. allowing a holder of a license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission to choose distributors; e. prohibiting distributors from monopolizing one brand or control or force a holder of a license iss ued by the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission to solely use that distributor by controlling one brand of product; and f. allowing a holder of a license issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission to maintain and store records off license premises at a separate location. 2. The task force shall produce a final report containing a summary of its findings and recommendations with respect to such issues. The final report, if approved by the task force, shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate not later than December 31, 20 25. G. Travel reimbursement shall be the responsibility of the appointing authority. Req. No. 10123 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 H. Staff assistance for the task force shall be provided by the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate. To the extent practical, the Alcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission having information that would be helpful to the task force shall provide such assistance and information to the task force as may be required. I. The task force shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. J. The task force shall cease to have any authority to tak e any official action after January 31, 2025, and shall be dissolved by operation of law on January 1, 2026. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 2025. 60-1-10123 JL 01/07/25