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House approves SB 176, an omnibus bill consolidating alcohol licenses and clarifying product definitions
Summary
The House passed SB 176, an omnibus alcohol bill that consolidates several licenses to free retail capacity, clarifies the statutory definition of hard seltzers (treating some as brewed products), and renames the state alcohol agency in supporters' comments; sponsors and rural retailers agreed to interim follow-up on packaging-agency renewal requirements.
The Utah House on March 2 approved Senate Bill 176, a comprehensive rewrite of multiple alcohol-related provisions intended to simplify licensing, clarify product definitions and free retail capacity.
Sponsor Representative Waldrop described the measure as an "annual" alcohol-policy vehicle that consolidates certain licenses and is expected to free roughly 10 bar licenses currently held up in the system. He said the measure also clarifies the definition of seltzers: products that qualify as brewed…
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