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Senate committee approves bill allowing restaurants to offer guest bottle lockers
Summary
Senate members approved a bill explained by Senator Jim Petty to allow on-premises alcohol retailers with consumption permits to offer bottle-locker guest rental services in wet jurisdictions, the senator said.
State Senator Jim Petty (District 29) presented a bill to allow restaurants and other on-premises alcohol retailers with the appropriate permit to offer guest bottle lockers for patrons in wet counties.
"This is a relatively simple bill. It allows you to have bottle lockers for your alcohol in a restaurant that's already serving alcoholic beverages," Senator Jim Petty said. He explained the option would be available where the establishment holds an on-premises consumption permit and that the measure simply authorizes guest locker rentals.
The committee heard no public testimony for or against the bill in the transcript excerpt. A motion to pass was made and seconded and the chair announced the bill passed; the transcript does not show a roll-call tally.
Why it matters: supporters framed the bill as a limited expansion of services allowed for establishments already licensed to serve alcohol; the transcript contains no public-safety, regulatory-detail, or enforcement discussion.
What the record shows: sponsor testimony describing who could offer guest locker rental (establishments with on-premises consumption permits) and the committee's passage of the bill during the session.
