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House committee advances bill to bar new hard‑liquor licenses after grocery expansions
Summary
The House Business and Labor Committee advanced Senate Bill 33, which would stop future issuance of hard‑liquor licenses, after nearly three hours of testimony from independent liquor‑store owners, grocery and retail trade groups, and Colorado craft producers.
The House Business and Labor Committee advanced Senate Bill 33, which would bar future issuance of new hard‑liquor licenses, after an hours‑long hearing that featured divided testimony from independent liquor‑store owners, grocery and retail trade groups, distillers and craft producers.
Supporters said the measure is aimed at reversing market changes they say followed Proposition 125 in 2022 and at protecting small, family‑owned liquor retailers and Colorado craft producers. "The laws that we have passed through this building have been truly detrimental to our small business owners, especially a small liquor store," Representative Weinberg told the committee during opening remarks.
The bill's backers told the panel that Colorado's 2016…
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