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3	34		BILL NO. 2804 By: Marti of the House
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7	38		Murdock of the Senate
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16	43		An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A
17	44		O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, as last amended by Section
18	45		8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp. 2024,
19	46		Section 6-102), which relates to prohibited acts of
20	47		licensees; providing that in order to violate a
21	48		certain provision of this act the licensee must do so
22	49		knowingly; and providing an effective date .
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28		-	SUBJECT: Alcoholic beverages
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30	53		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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32	54		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, as
33	55		last amended by Section 8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp.
34	56		2024, Section 6-102), is amended to read as follows:
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36	57		Section 6-102. A. No licensee of the ABLE Commission shall:
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38	58		1. Receive Knowingly receive, possess or sell any alcoholic
39	59		beverage except as authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
40	60		Control Act and by the license or permit which the licensee hold s;
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42	61		2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in the
43	62		selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty -one (21)
44	63		years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided:
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46	91		a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public
47	92		event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or
48	93		retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales
49	94		clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age,
50	95		except persons under twenty -one (21) years of age may
51	96		not serve in designated bar or lounge areas, and
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53	97		b. a mixed beverage, be er and wine, caterer, public
54	98		event, special event or bottle club licensee may
55	99		employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who
56	100		are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such
57	101		musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal
58	102		guardian or has on their person, to be made available
59	103		for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE
60	104		Commission or law enforcement officer, a written,
61	105		notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian
62	106		giving the underage musician permission to perform in
63	107		designated bar or lounge areas;
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65	108		3. Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or
66	109		consideration for any lottery, game of chance or skill or any type
67	110		of competition;
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69	111		4. Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate
70	112		the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited
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73	141		a. deliver more than two drinks to one person at one
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76	143		(1) as provided for serving tasting flights defined
77	144		in Section 6-102.1 of this title, or
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79	145		(2) up to six (6) bottles or cans of beer in the
80	146		original packaging for on-premises consumption
81	147		may be delivered to one person at one time in a
82	148		reusable container, including but not limited to
83	149		a bucket or insulated cooler which may be cooled
84	150		by ice or another cooling method,
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86	151		b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of
87	152		persons any drinks at a pr ice that is less than six
88	153		percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed
89	154		beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee
90		-	shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on ~~ENR. H. B. NO. 2804 Page 3~~
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91	156		any particular hour of any particular day and shall
92	157		not be required to offer these drink specials for an
93	158		entire calendar week or from open to close, and shall
94	159		not be required to offer such drink specials at all
95	160		venues operating under the same mixed beverage
96	161		license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling
97	162		wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to
98	163		offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on -
99	164		premises drinks,
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101	192		c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited
102	193		number of drinks during any set period of time for a
103	194		fixed price, except at private functions not open to
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106	196		d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of
107	197		persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices
108	198		less than those charged the general public on that
109	199		day, except at private functions not open to the
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112	201		e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained
113	202		in a drink without increasing proportionately the
114	203		price regularly charged for such drink during the same
115	204		calendar week, or
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117	205		f. encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any
118	206		game or contest which involves drink ing or the
119	207		awarding of drinks as prizes.
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121	208		Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not
122	209		prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or
123	210		bottle service in licensed establishments;
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125	211		5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit th e licensed
126	212		premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.
127	213		Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed
128	214		original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from
129	215		the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patron, closed original
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130	243		wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, hotels and
131	244		motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages
132	245		transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer
133	246		by the caterer or an employee of the caterer;
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135	247		6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license
136	248		issued by the ABLE Commission;
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138	249		7. Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the
139	250		licensee's licensed premises; or
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141	251		8. Permit or allow any patron to serve or pour himself or
142	252		herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron
143	253		self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated devices
144	254		on licensed premises so long as:
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146	255		a. the licensee monitors and has the ability to control
147	256		the dispensing of such beer or wine, or both, from the
148	257		automated devices. "Automated device" shall mean any
149	258		mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer,
150	259		or both, directly to a patron in exchange for
151	260		compensation that a licensee has received directly
152	261		from the patron, and
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154	262		b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of
155	263		wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall
156	264		provide constant video monitoring of the automated
157	265		device at all times during which the licensee is open
158	266		to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded
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159	294		footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty
160	295		(60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon
161	296		request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE
162	297		Commission or other authorized law enforcement agent.
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164	298		B. 1. The compensation require d by subparagraph a of paragrap h
165	299		8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio
166	300		frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any
167	301		other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed
168	302		amount of volume of thirty -two (32) ounces for beer an d ten (10)
169	303		ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer or wine
170	304		dispensed from the automated device:
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172	305		a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only
173	306		during a business day,
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175	307		b. each RFID device shall be obt ained from the licensee
176	308		by a patron,
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178	309		c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID
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181	311		d. an RFID device shall be deemed active if the RFID
182	312		device contains volume credit or has not yet been used
183	313		to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32)
184	314		ounces of beer.
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186	315		2. In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each
187	316		patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or
188	317		other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the
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189	345		individual and demons trates that the individual is a t least twenty-
190	346		one (21) years of age. Each RFID device shall be programmed to
191	347		require the production of the patron 's valid identification before
192	348		the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business
193	349		day or for any subsequent reactivation.
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195	350		3. Each RFID device shall become inactive at the end of each
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198	352		4. Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing
199	353		of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) ounces of
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202	355		a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10)
203	356		ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) ounces of beer to a
204	357		patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and
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206	358		b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device
207	359		may, upon production of the patron 's valid
208	360		identification to the lice nsee or licensee's employee,
209	361		have the RFID device reactivated to allow the
210	362		dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or
211	363		thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated
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215	366		or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee 's
216	367		agent or employee.
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218	395		C. A mixed beverage or beer and wine licensee shall not be
219	396		deemed to have violated the provisions of paragraph 5 of subsection
220	397		A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed
221	398		premises with an open container of beer or wine only and:
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223	399		1. The otherwise prohibited act was committed during the hours
224		-	of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game ~~ENR. H. B. NO. 2804 Page 6~~
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225	401		of institutions within The Oklahoma State Sys tem of Higher
226	402		Education, and the establishment is located within two thousand
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229	404		2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally
230	405		sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the
231	406		municipality has provided written notice of the event and a list of
232	407		invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days
233	408		prior to the event; or
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236	410		the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the ph ysical property
237	411		of the licensee with prior municipal approval; provided, that
238	412		written notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the
239	413		licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at
240	414		least five (5) days prior to such use.
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242	415		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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244		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2025.
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261		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
262		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
263		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
264		-	By: _________________________ ________
265		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
266		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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269		-	_________________________________
270		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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272		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
273		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
274		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
275		-	By: _________________________________
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	416	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND INSURANCE
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