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Amendment narrows alcoholic‑beverage canvassing bill but Senate rejects SB 82
Summary
Senate debate over SB 82 focused on whether permitting representatives from wineries and distilleries to contact restaurants is too broad; an amendment inserting "written or verbal" communications passed but the bill failed on final passage (10–18–1).
Senate Bill 82, which would have modified prohibitions on canvassing or soliciting orders for alcoholic beverages to allow industry representatives to share information with restaurants, failed after floor consideration.
Senator Steiner framed the proposal as a limited remedy for an area of law that had become unclear and argued the bill only allows information distribution, not…
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