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Department of Liquor and Lottery asks for time to take on wholesaler licensing, pledges enforcement focus
Summary
The Department of Liquors and Lottery told the Senate Economic Development committee it can take over licensing of tobacco wholesalers but needs time to build systems and asked for a July 1, 2027 effective date; DLL and the Attorney General's office stressed enforcement of online sales and agreed to provide compliance data to the committee.
The Department of Liquor and Lottery told the Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee that it is prepared to assume licensing authority for tobacco wholesalers but needs time to build the regulatory and IT systems to do so.
Wendy Knight, who identified herself as commissioner of the Department of Liquor and Lottery, said the department has licensing authority for retailers and that bringing wholesaler licensing under DLL's oversight "makes sense." Knight said DLL would need statutory language giving explicit regulatory authority and asked the committee to set an effective date of July 1, 2027, to allow vendor work, testing and vetting of a licensing module in the department's Salesforce platform.
Committee members pressed DLL on…
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