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Committee advances bill raising population cap for retail liquor permits and shortening inactive-status period
Summary
House Bill 1590 would change the population cap that determines retail liquor permits from one per 5,000 people to one per 7,500 and reduce the inactive-permit period from 18 to 12 months; industry witnesses told the committee the change is aimed at stabilizing retail liquor stores facing competition since 2017 wine-and-grocery changes.
Sponsor explained House Bill 1590 would raise the population threshold used to determine the number of retail liquor permits a county may issue from one per 5,000 residents to one per 7,500, and shorten the time a permit can be placed on inactive status from 18 months to 12 months. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help existing retail…
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