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SB 635 Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol content in prepared foods.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol content in prepared foods. Prohibits licensees from keeping any alcoholic beverage other than in the bottle or container in which it was purchased by him except (i) for a frozen alcoholic beverage and (ii) in the case of wine, in containers of a type approved by the Board pending automatic dispensing and sale of such wine. The bill also prohibits the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board from prohibiting an on-premises restaurant licensee from using alcoholic beverages that the licensee otherwise is authorized to purchase and possess for the purposes of preparing and selling for on-premises consumption food products with a final alcohol content of more than one-half of one percent by volume, as long as such food products are sold and consumed by persons who are 21 years of age or older.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081782340 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 085703336-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB635ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081782340
- 01/09/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/25/08 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 085703336-S1
- 01/28/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/08 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 085703336-S1
- 01/29/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB635S1
- 01/30/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/13/08 House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 02/28/08 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/08 House: Read second time
- 03/04/08 House: Read third time
- 03/04/08 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/04/08 House: Passed House (89-Y 10-N)
- 03/04/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (89-Y 10-N)
- 03/05/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB635ER)
- 03/05/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/05/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/18/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)