By: West S.B. No. 650
(In the Senate - Filed December 18, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 18, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 18, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 650 By: Hughes
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the use of electronically readable
information to verify a purchaser's age in the retail sale of
alcoholic beverages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 109.61, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-1) A person shall access electronically readable
information on a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or
identification certificate for the purpose of verifying a
purchaser's age in any retail sale of an alcoholic beverage. This
subsection does not apply to the retail sale of an alcoholic
beverage on the premises of the holder of a package store permit.
(a-2) The commission shall not take any disciplinary action
against the holder of a permit or license issued under this code for
a violation of Subsection (a-1) for the retail sale of an alcoholic
beverage made before September 1, 2027. This subsection expires
September 1, 2028.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2027, the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission shall adopt rules to implement
Section 109.61(a-1), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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