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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • liquor license.
  • liquor license.
  • <00:34:38.960> license the single liquor license the single liquor license uh<00:34:40.520
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • be impossible to get a liquor license for a food hall.
  • be impossible to get a liquor license for a food hall.
  • liquor license which um liability of our liquor license which um our<00:16:03.600> business<00
  • liquor license if they and intoxicating liquor license if they meet<01:04:26.400> the<01:04:26.559
  • <01:14:54.320> license and secure a temporary liquor license and secure a temporary liquor
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members, Senate Bill 1566 prohibits a municipality from maliciously delaying adopted licensing
  • Chairman and members, Senate Bill 1566 prohibits a municipality from maliciously delaying adopted licensing
  • Additionally, it prohibits a county from maliciously delaying a response to a license, approval, or permit
  • It's not just for housing, but in other licenses as well, business licenses as well, is because of the
  • This is a bill that effectively requires expeditious licensing.
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 1566, which would prohibit municipalities and counties from maliciously delaying licensing, permits, or approvals, authorize the Attorney General to enforce the prohibition, and provide expedited judicial review. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address affordability by preventing intentional government delays in housing and business approvals. County representatives supported the goal but opposed the bill as drafted, arguing the county language differed from the city/town language and could sweep in ordinary processing delays or incomplete applications; the sponsor said a floor amendment would fix the county language. Testimony from supporters described long permit and parcel-number delays and argued the bill would give applicants a remedy against intentional obstruction. The committee recommended the bill do pass by a 7-3 vote, with one present and one absent. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1787, which would require written notice for exactions imposed on development projects, allow individualized determinations, and create an appeal path including judicial review. The sponsor framed it as a takings and affordability measure to stop unrelated or excessive exactions from being imposed on housing projects. Cities and counties opposed the bill, saying existing law already requires nexus and proportionality, already provides an appeal process, and that the bill would create a duplicative Attorney General review and confusion, especially for mixed-use projects. Supporters, including Pacific Legal Foundation, the Home Builders Association, and a homeowner who described a costly infrastructure demand on her property, argued the bill would curb extortionate demands and make the process fairer. The committee passed the bill 7-2 with one present and one absent. Senate Bill 1478, a liquor-regulation cleanup bill, was also heard and received broad support. The measure makes technical changes to liquor statutes, including clarifying interim permits, repealing a federal food-safety preemption provision, and updating definitions such as cider and production terminology. Industry stakeholders said the bill was the product of months of consensus work and mostly technical corrections. It passed unanimously, 10-0. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1431, which would limit municipal control over home design features and prohibit certain required shared amenities that would necessitate HOA maintenance. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would reduce housing costs by preventing subjective aesthetic mandates and unnecessary HOA-driven requirements, while opponents from cities and neighborhood groups warned it would undermine local control, crime-prevention design standards, neighborhood character, and quality. Home builders and property-rights advocates said the bill would expand consumer choice and reduce costs, while critics argued it could lead to lower-quality housing and remove local recourse. The bill was not reported out in the portion provided, and testimony continued with no final vote shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 22nd, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures will come to order.
  • McLaughlin's bill relating to the criminal and licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair and members, the State Liquor Board is authorized to grant and deny applications for liquor
  • type of liquor license.
  • interest in the spirituous liquor industry.
  • My name is Malia Traynor, and I am the legislative intern for the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses
  • They are licensed.
Summary: The Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency Committee approved the February 4, 2026 minutes and first considered the reappointment of Troy L. Campbell to the Arizona State Liquor Board. Campbell described his nearly 10 years of service, his role as chair since 2019, and his focus on fairness, public safety, and applying the law consistently. He answered questions about the board’s workload and authority, noting it handles roughly 40 to 50 cases a year and does not issue fines. With no public testimony, the committee voted 6-0 with one not voting to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard and passed SB 1478, a liquor omnibus bill making technical and policy updates to liquor statutes, including changing “manufacture” to “produce,” allowing rather than requiring cities and towns to levy certain liquor-related taxes or fees, repealing a federal food-safety preemption reference, and clarifying cider’s definition to include products up to 8.5% alcohol by volume. Supporters described it as an annual stakeholder-driven cleanup bill, and the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control testified neutral. The committee adopted the Bolick amendment and then passed the bill as amended. It also passed SB 1108, which creates a Swedish-rounding framework for cash transactions when pennies are unavailable, with signage and enforcement provisions; the Leach amendment removed an individual-item exemption and clarified tax treatment. The Greater Phoenix Chamber supported the bill, and the committee passed it as amended. The committee next approved SB 1205, regulating private-property vehicle booting by prohibiting local bans, setting signage, written permission, rate limits, release rules, and misdemeanor penalties. Supporters said it would provide a more transparent, less costly alternative to towing, while members raised concerns about signage, appeals, and consumer protections. The Bolick amendment made a technical change, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1241, allowing private permitting providers to conduct plan reviews and inspections for single-trade residential projects, drew the most debate: supporters argued it would reduce delays and costs for homeowners and help cities with backlogs, while cities and counties warned about public-safety risks, loss of local control, and liability concerns. After adopting the Payne amendment on immunity, the committee passed the bill 5-2. Finally, the committee passed SB 1366, which creates a Public Property Towing and Impound Practices Study Committee to review fees, standards, insurance, background checks, and related DPS and public-property towing practices. Some members objected that the study committee lacked minority-leader appointments, but supporters said the review was needed before making permanent changes. The committee then began hearing SB 1431, a housing-design bill limiting municipal design standards and restrictions on certain shared features, but the transcript ends before any action on that measure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedure will come to order.
  • This bill addresses the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician
  • It establishes a licensing requirement for operators of the swim schools that provide instructions to
  • Two hundred and five dollars for licensing fees, life-saving measures like CPR and AEDs can increase
  • Agencies, spells out licensing application, denial, suspension, and revocation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • a license to have events that could serve liquor there.
  • licenses.
  • And there's some language in the bill that clarifies really where that liquor license can be.
  • It's the campus that's requesting that ability to apply for a license.
  • There's a member in the House that is in Bloomington and their liquor license is required.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to apply for a license to be able to have events that could serve liquor. think representative Stevenson
  • licenses.
  • alcohol in um places that have um liquor alcohol in um places that have um liquor licenses<00:30
  • c><00:31:48.840> arena<00:31:49.279> is<00:31:49.480> off liquor license can be
  • the arena is off liquor license can be the arena is off campus<00:31:50.279> it's<00:31:50.440
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • This substitute includes both the provision for licensing the educational tourism distillery and also
  • Those are the low liquor beverages. Beverages with an alcohol content of 7% and below.
  • And license.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Mar 17th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You cannot have a permit that imports any liquor, so wine... Or spirits for resale.
  • They currently have them, and they currently sell both liquor, which is spirits, into Texas...
  • permits that can go out and potentially buy other brands outside of Texas that sell back into Texas liquor
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs resumed consideration of several pending bills, first taking up Senate Bills 667, 1349, 1585, and 2312. After inviting testimony had already been heard, no members of the public came forward to testify on any of those measures, and the committee closed public testimony and left all four bills pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1355, which Senator Parker explained as a committee substitute aimed at helping Texas distillers recover unpaid invoices from wholesalers. The substitute would require distillers to invoice at the time of purchase, send a demand letter if payment terms are violated, and allow complaints to be filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which could determine an appropriate penalty based on the facts. Natasha Dehart of Bent Distilling Company testified in support, describing serious cash-flow problems and unpaid invoices from a Texas wholesaler that had forced layoffs, late vendor payments, and operational strain. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1378, a narrowly tailored local bill for a Carrollton facility recently acquired by Sazerac that employs more than 1,000 Texans. Senator Parker said the bill would create a limited exemption to avoid forcing the company to shut down or move because of current permit restrictions, while preserving the three-tier system and preventing the company from selling wine to itself. A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission resource witness said the bill was drafted so it would not open the door to broader industry changes. Mason Moreland testified against the bill as filed, arguing it gave special treatment to one company and failed to address broader problems in the wine industry, including direct-to-consumer sales and permit issues. After questions from senators, public testimony closed and SB 1378 was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 13, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • games licensed liquor uh establishments. games licensed liquor uh establishments.
  • liquor license establishment.
  • <00:51:30.319> license, say, if I have a liquor license, say, if I have a liquor license,
  • What's their liquor license?'
  • situation with liquor liquor licensing. situation with liquor liquor licensing.
Bills: SF0044, SF0046
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is an RTD discussion made with liquor. These are in high demand.
  • We were going to sell liquor, and that's what we do. ...to sell liquor, and that's what we do.
  • There are liquor taxes in most of the cities in the state that sell liquor.
  • They do a 7% tax on liquor... ...Northport. They do a 7% tax on liquor sales in that state.
  • But currently, so does the liquor go up on the percent... ...the liquor go up on the percent.
Bills: HB521
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-LBT, CPN DEFER, CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN-EIG Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • promoters, and uh removing the ambulance requirement, but clarifying that the licensed physician on
  • promoters, and uh removing the ambulance requirement, but clarifying that the licensed physician on
  • SB 2911 relating to intoxicating liquor.
  • SB 2911 relating to intoxicating liquor.
  • SB 2911 relating to intoxicating liquor.
Bills: SB3326, SB2911
Summary: The committees heard SB 3001 on artificial intelligence in a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Labor and Technology hearing. Testimony included support from the Department of Education and Google, comments from the Office of Consumer Protection and the Attorney General’s office, and late opposition from Agentic LLC. The Attorney General raised constitutional and vagueness concerns and suggested clarifying amendments, while Google said the bill’s risk-based approach and proposed amendments could help establish industry-wide safety standards for minors. The committees recessed and then voted to pass SB 3001 with amendments, adopting DCCA/OCP recommendations on data minimization for minors and UDAP clarity, the Attorney General’s proposed clarifications and deletions, and Google’s nonconflicting amendments; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. The vote passed unanimously among members present, with some members excused. The Commerce and Consumer Protection committee then took up several previously heard measures in decision-making. SB 2045 on combat sports passed with amendments reflecting DCCA and boxing commission recommendations, including clarifying the on-site medical professional requirement, reporting duties, promoter payment, removal of the combat sports registry and ambulance requirement, and other technical changes; the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050. SP 2347 on the residential landlord-tenant code passed with amendments striking landlord requirements so OCP could work on a multilingual tenant-rights notice, and SP 2495 on consumer protection passed with amendments requiring OCP to publish an annual report on potential code violations. SB 2777 on insurance was deferred to February 17, 2026 for further decision-making. At a later CPN decision-making agenda, SB 2471 and SB 2829, both relating to the powers of artificial persons, passed with amendments clarifying the preamble, removing language about foreign artificial persons, and making other consistency and non-substantive changes; both effective dates were moved to January 1, 2027. SP 2033 on renewable energy also passed with amendments clarifying the definition of grid-ready homes, cost-sharing provisions, applicability to interconnecting customers, and safety/certification compliance, with the effective date deferred to July 1, 2050. In each case, the committee voted to adopt the recommendations without objections from members present. The committees also heard SB 3000 on insurance, which would authorize the Attorney General to bring civil actions to recover costs and losses tied to climate-attributable harm and future climate risk, including costs incurred by state insurance-related entities. The Insurance Division and Attorney General’s office offered comments seeking clarification and warning about redundancy, implementation issues, possible representation of private insurers, and concurrent litigation concerns. Supporters, including the Center for Climate Integrity, a resident testifier, Sierra Club, and Green America, argued the bill would help shift insurance costs to fossil fuel companies responsible for climate harms and address rising premiums and nonrenewals in Hawaii. Opponents, including the American Petroleum Institute, argued the bill singled out one industry, raised constitutional concerns, and should be deferred because related climate litigation is already pending. The transcript ends with the committee continuing testimony and discussion on SB 3000 and then moving into SB 3326 on energy, where the consumer advocate and Hawaiian Electric opposed the bill’s proposed separation of generation from transmission and distribution, while the PUC stood on written testimony, Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported it, and Life of the Land raised concerns about assumptions and the need for more substance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • You cannot have a permit that imports any liquors or wine or spirits for resale.
  • They currently have them and they. currently sell both spirits, which is classified as liquor, into Texas
  • permits that can go out and potentially buy other brands outside of Texas that sell back into Texas. liquor
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 26, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • SF 44 will be second, gambling amendments, and SF 46, skill-based amusement game licensed liquor establishments
  • skill-based amusement game licensed skill-based amusement game licensed liquor<00:02:06.719>
  • liquor establishments. liquor establishments.
  • Uh and it used to be the liquor Wyoming.
  • stores or in, uh, with their liquor license to be able to sell package liquor.
Bills: SF0110, SF0044, SF0046
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • And under existing law, the ABC board charges a markup fee on all wholesale case lot sales of liquor.
  • provide that the term cost of merchandise shall only include the amount the board pays for case lots of liquor
  • <00:04:27.919> case<00:04:28.240> lots<00:04:28.560> of<00:04:28.720> liquor
  • <00:04:29.600> And<00:04:29.840> this pays for case lots of liquor.
  • And this pays for case lots of liquor.
Bills: SB289, HB395
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:04 am

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not about selling liquor.
  • The VFW, we are the largest bingo license holder in Texas. We have 104 licenses.
  • It would be a licensed premises, so it's the location that's actually applied for the license.
  • TDLR is tasked with ensuring the health and safety of licensed fighters participating in licensed combative
  • TDLR is tasked with ensuring the health and safety of licensed fighters participating in licensed combative
Summary: The Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures met with a quorum present, corrected the minutes from April 8, and then took up a long list of pending bills, most of which were reported favorably or left pending after hearing testimony. Early action included HB 1764 (accounting practice for certain out-of-state CPAs), HB 1788 (continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists on recognizing and assisting victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking), HB 2204 (land surveyor regulation), HB 2885 (local option elections on alcohol sales), HB 2996 (gambling offense definitions and prosecution), HB 3250 (real estate appraisals and appraisal management companies), HB 3352 (driver education on work zones), HB 3385 (farm winery permit), HB 3756 (powers of certain nonresident sellers’ permit holders who also hold a winery permit), HB 3816 (cruelty to livestock animals), HB 3913 (real estate licensing), and HB 3928 (electronic notice of towed vehicles), all of which were advanced with unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several of these bills were reported with committee substitutes, and some were also sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The committee then heard testimony on HB 2278, which would legalize limited home distilling of spirits for personal or family use and add honey as an approved ingredient; supporters framed it as a consistency and freedom issue, and the bill was left pending. HB 3920, a TDLR workforce/CTE bill, and HB 1301, which would allow beer or malt beverages to be sold at certain wineries with on-site restaurants, were also laid out and left pending after discussion. HB 2776, aimed at tightening massage therapy licensing restrictions for people convicted of sexual and trafficking-related offenses and strengthening TDLR enforcement, and HB 3848, which would allow electronic filing of elevator and escalator inspection reports, were both heard and left pending as well. A major portion of the meeting focused on alcohol-related bills. HB 4215 would place delivery network companies under a statewide TDLR regulatory framework; Favor Delivery supported it, and it was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. HB 4172 and HB 2820 would raise bingo reserve limits and update charitable bingo rules; supporters from veterans and nonprofit groups argued the changes would help charities, but both bills were left pending after the substitutes were withdrawn. HB 4463, a broadly supported bill allowing contract brewing and alternating brewery proprietorships, was also left pending. HB 4284 would remove the “excessive discount” prohibition in alcohol sales, HB 4285 would allow airlines to store alcohol within five miles of an airport in the same county, HB 4517 would create a complaint process for Texas distillers not paid by wholesalers, and HB 4773 would let breweries and brewpubs transport their own beer between facilities; HB 4773 drew the most debate, with supporters citing efficiency and opponents warning about unintended consequences and possible effects on the three-tier system, but it too was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending a series of TDLR cleanup bills and other measures, including HB 4765 through HB 4769, HB 4830 on service contracts for lease vehicles, HB 5506 giving civil immunity to ringside physicians at combative sports events, and HB 4690 on gasoline vapor pressure compliance. The meeting ended after all business was completed and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not about selling liquor.
  • Members, the committee substitute expands the scope of the license by listing the TDLR license types
  • We have 104 licenses; 93 of those are regular conductors. ...licenses, and there are so many good things
  • It would be a licensed premises, so it's the location that's actually applied for the license.
  • TDLR is tasked with ensuring the health and safety of licensed fighters participating in licensed combative
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's opening a new tourism distillery license.
  • Um, again, a license under this bill would be authorized to do the following: Purchase liquor and wine
  • It... sell liquor, beer, and wine.
  • They put that license in that other corporation and buy for a beer and wine license. and buy for a beer
  • and wine license, and everybody's fine.
Bills: SB312, SB316, SB90