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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1031 By: Daniels of the Senate
and
Moore of the House
An Act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;
amending 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -146, as amended by
Section 2, Chapter 192, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 2-146), which relates to grounds for
denial of certain licenses; modifying applicability
of certain exception; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O .S. 2021, Section 2-146, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 192, O.S.L. 2022 (37A O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 2-146), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-146. A. The ABLE Commission shall refuse to issue a
wine and spirits wholesaler, beer distributor, retail spirits,
retail wine or retail beer license, either on an original
application or a renewal application, if it has reasonable grounds
to believe and finds any of the following to be true:
1. Except in the case of a beer distributor, that the applica nt
is not a citizen of the United States or is not a qualified elector
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in this state, or has not been a continuous resident of this state
for the five (5) years next preceding the application for the
license;
2. That the applicant is under twenty -one (21) years of age;
3. That the applicant or any partner, or spouse of the
applicant or any partner, has been convicted of a felony;
4. That the applicant or any partner, or spouse of the
applicant or any partner, has been convicted of a violation of any
state or federal law relating to alcoholic beverages, has forfeited
a bond while any charge of such violation was pending, nor may any
license be granted f or any purpose under the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act to an Oklahoma resident, who has held or whose
spouse has held a Federal Liquor Stamp in Oklahoma before the
adoption of Article XXVIII -A of the Oklahoma Constitution unless the
Liquor Stamp was granted for supplying alcoholic beverages to a
federal military installation, or was granted under th e Oklahoma
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
5. That the applicant or any partner has, within twelve (12)
months next preceding the date of the applicat ion, violated any
provision of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or rule of
the ABLE Commission promulgated pursuant hereto. Provided, however,
that if the ABLE Commission has, during such twelve -month period,
suspended any license sought to be renewed, such renewal application
may be approved if the term of the suspension has been completed and
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the applicant has complied with any special conditions imposed in
connection with the suspension;
6. That the applicant is in the habit of using alcohol ic
beverages to excess or is mentally incapacitated;
7. That the applicant does not own or have a written lease for
the premises for which a license is sought;
8. That the applicant, within twelve (12) months next preceding
the date of application, has b een the holder of a license revoked
for cause;
9. That the applicant is not the real party in interest, or
intends to carry on the business authorized by the license as the
agent of another;
10. That the applicant, in the case of an application for
renewal of any license, would not be eligible for such license on a
first application;
11. That the applicant is a person who appoints or is a law
enforcement official or is an employee of the ABLE Commission;
12. That the proposed location of the licensed pr emises would
violate a valid municipal nondiscriminatory zoning ordinance;
13. That, in the case of an a pplication for a wine and spirits
wholesaler license or beer distributor license, any brewer or
manufacturer, including an officer, director or princip al
stockholder thereof or any partner, has any financial interest in
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the business to be conducted under the license, unless otherwise
permitted by law;
14. That the issuance of the license applied for would result
in a violation of any provision of the Ok lahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act;
15. That, in the case of an application for a wine and spirits
wholesaler or beer distributor license, the applicant or any
partner, or spouse of the applicant or any partner, is the holder or
partner of the holder o f any other class of license issued under the
provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, other
than an agent or employee license for employment by the applicant,
or a storage license, bonded warehouse license, carrier license or
private carrier license; provided, nothing shall prohibit a wine and
spirits wholesaler, who is otherwise qualified, from maintaining
beer distributor licenses in the state, nor a beer distributor, who
is otherwise qualified, from maintaining a wine and spirits
wholesaler license in the state;
16. That, in the case of an application for a retail spirits,
retail wine or retail beer license, the applicant or any partner is
the holder or partner of the holder, or employee of such holder of
any other class of license iss ued under the provisions of the
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, other than a storage
license or an employee license for the proposed licensed premises of
the applicant, provided, nothing in this title shall prohibit an
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applicant for a retail wine and/or retail beer license from
maintaining a separate mixed beverage, caterer, mixed
beverage/caterer combination license, and/or an on -premises beer and
wine license; or
17. That the applicant or any partner, spouse, employee or
other person affiliated with the applicant is not in compliance with
the tax laws of this state as required in Article XXVIII -A of the
Oklahoma Constitution.
B. The provisions of this section shall not operate to prohibit
the issuance of a:
1. A beer distributor license held by a wine and spirits
wholesaler;
2. A wine and spirits wholesaler license held by a beer
distributor; or
3. A beer distributor license ,
to a corporation or partnership or, limited liability company , or
any form of partnership authorized by Title 54 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES , dated
04/16/2025 – DO PASS.