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House debate on dram-shop bill: raises liability caps, sharpens who can be sued
Summary
Lawmakers debated Senate Bill 112, which would raise dram-shop liability limits to $500,000 per person and $1,000,000 aggregate and clarifies when private adults can be civilly liable for supplying alcohol to under-21s; members questioned drafting choices and whether the age threshold should be 18 or 21.
Sponsor presented amendments and then the substantive changes to the dram-shop statute (referred to in the transcript as the "grama shop" or "dram shop" law), explaining two technical amendments to subsection references and an effective date change before discussing the bill's core policy changes.
The bill proposes to increase current civil liability limits from roughly $100,000/$300,000 to $500,000 per person and $1,000,000 aggregate, and it tightens when private…
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