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HB 1720 Alcoholic beverages; person not requiring evidence of legal age guilty of Class 3 misdemeanor, etc.
Introduced by: Christopher T. Head | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Alcoholic beverage control; proof of legal age required. Provides that it is a Class 3 misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages to an individual under 21 years of age if the seller does not require the individual to present bona fide evidence of legal age indicating that the individual is 21 years of age or older. Bona fide evidence of legal age is limited to any evidence that is or reasonably appears to be an unexpired driver's license, military identification card, United States passport or foreign government visa, unexpired special identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any other valid government-issued identification card bearing the individual's photograph, signature, height, weight, and date of birth, or which bears a photograph that reasonably appears to match the appearance of the purchaser. The bill excludes student identification cards as bona fide evidence of legal age.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103345D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104899D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103345D
- 01/08/13 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/14/13 House: Assigned GL sub: #3 ABC/Gaming
- 01/29/13 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/13 House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote
- 01/31/13 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/01/13 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104899D-H1
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/04/13 House: Read second time
- 02/04/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13104899D-H1
- 02/04/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1
- 02/05/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/08/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/12/13 Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/13 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/15/13 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/13 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/19/13 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/19/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/19/13 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/13 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/13 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER)
- 02/23/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/20/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)