Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB56

Introduced
1/22/25  

Caption

Authorizing home delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage by licensed retailers, drinking establishments and third-party delivery services.

Impact

The implementation of SB56 will amend existing laws under the Kansas liquor control act, specifically regarding the delivery of alcoholic products. Retailers will now have the opportunity to expand their market reach through delivery mechanisms, which can significantly enhance sales and customer satisfaction. However, these deliveries are subject to strict regulations regarding identification checks, ensuring that individuals receiving the alcohol are of legal drinking age and not intoxicated at the time of receipt. The law also limits deliveries to within a certain geographic range from the retailer's premises.

Summary

Senate Bill 56, known as the Kansas Alcohol Delivery Act, authorizes licensed retailers and drinking establishments to deliver alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages directly to consumers at their designated addresses. The bill facilitates the integration of third-party delivery services that can operate on behalf of retailers, enabling them to reach customers in a manner similar to food delivery. This reflects a growing trend in the industry towards convenience and consumer accessibility, allowing for online ordering and contactless delivery options.

Contention

While the bill is widely seen as a modernization of the state's liquor laws, it has not been without criticism. Concerns have been raised regarding the potential for increased underage drinking and the challenges of properly enforcing identification checks in a delivery context. Additionally, some local officials worry that the expansion of alcohol delivery could impact community safety and public health. The necessity for third-party delivery services to obtain permits and comply with regulatory frameworks aims to mitigate such risks, yet apprehensions about enforcement remain pertinent in discussions around the bill.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

Similar Bills

TX HB4215

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TX SB2154

Relating to the regulation of delivery network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.

MI HB5050

Health: pharmaceuticals; administration of epinephrine; modify. Amends secs. 17744a & 17744d of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17744a & 333.17744d). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5054'25, HB 5049'25, HB 5051'25, HB 5052'25, HB 5053'25

CA SB969

Developmental services: remote services.

MI HB5051

Health: pharmaceuticals; administration of epinephrine; modify. Amends title & secs. 1, 2 & 3 of 2020 PA 312 (MCL 28.821 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5054'25, HB 5049'25, HB 5050'25, HB 5052'25, HB 5053'25