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House approves broad alcohol-licensing changes and new license types in SB314
Summary
The House passed First Substitute Senate Bill 314 as amended (69-4), a comprehensive package of alcohol-license reforms including increased restaurant quotas, new license categories, higher fees to fund enforcement and expanded ID-scanning requirements for taverns and bars.
The Utah House approved a broad revision of state alcohol licensing on March 8 when members passed First Substitute Senate Bill 314 as amended by a 69-4 vote.
Representative Hughes, the House sponsor, described the bill as the product of extensive stakeholder work beginning in April 2010 with groups including the Utah Restaurant Association, Utah Hotel-Motel Association, beer wholesalers, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and ecclesiastical leaders. The package increases quotas for restaurant licenses, ties…
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