Senate Finance advances technical fix allowing carriers to deliver winery shipments to adult residents

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced Senate Bill 2574, a technical correction to a 2024 liquor law, to the committee of the whole and placed it on the consent calendar. The measure changes delivery language for the common‑carrier permit for wine direct shipping so that carriers may leave a shipment with an adult resident at the delivery address who is not underage and not visibly intoxicated rather than requiring delivery only to the specific addressee listed on the label.

The bill is a narrow follow‑up to recommendations from the Liquor Advisory Group that were enacted last year in SB 24‑231. "SB 2,574 makes a correction to the proposal of the Liquor Advisory Group," said the Senate Minority Leader during opening remarks to the committee. The sponsor, identified as the Senate Majority Leader in the hearing, described the change as a technical cleanup of the…