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House approves bill limiting drugstore/liquor license impacts after sponsors say measure protects independent retailers and craft producers
Summary
Senate Bill 33 passed the House after sponsors and supporters said it protects independent liquor stores and Colorado craft beverage producers from competition created by a ballot‑measure licensing change; supporters said the change preserves local retail channels critical to craft producers.
The House on March 31 adopted Senate Bill 33, legislation designed to limit the effect of a prior ballot measure that, sponsors said, gave supermarkets and other new retailers disproportionate access to liquor licenses and threatened family‑owned liquor stores and Colorado craft producers.
Representative Weinberg and Representative Ricks, co‑sponsors in the House, said the bill protects small, community…
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