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Senate fails substitute to broaden local control in alcohol proximity and related changes

3571678 · March 4, 2025
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Summary

A proposed substitute to Senate Bill 328 that would have shifted some proximity rules and other alcohol-license provisions to local control failed on the floor after debate. Lawmakers split over whether such a substantive policy shift should be adopted late in the session without broader vetting.

The Utah Senate on Tuesday voted down a substitute for Senate Bill 328, a package of alcohol-law changes that included a provision shifting certain proximity rules for parks and playgrounds to local governments and other adjustments to licensing rules.

Senator Stevenson, the sponsor, described multiple changes in the substitute: clarifying definitions (including amphitheater definitions), restoring authority for…

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