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Subcommittee backs tavern license proposal and advances social-district bill with clarifying amendment to be drafted
Summary
A Commerce and Consumer Affairs liquor subcommittee advanced HB 276, creating a locally opt-in tavern license that allows sale of alcohol without a food requirement but at a higher fee, and took preliminary action on HB 467, asking staff to clarify which municipal governing bodies would implement social districts.
A Commerce and Consumer Affairs liquor subcommittee advanced two bills Monday: HB 276, which would create a new tavern liquor license permitting sale of alcohol without a food requirement if a municipality opts in; and HB 467, which would allow creation of "social districts" where alcoholic beverages could be carried in designated public areas.
For HB 276, the subcommittee voted to report the bill "ought to pass as amended." The amendment and committee discussion clarified that municipalities (city or town) must vote to accept the license before the state issues one, and that the proposed tavern license would carry a higher fee — committee discussion said the tavern license fee would be approximately four times the…
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