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AL HB329
Bill
Status
4/18/2023
Primary Sponsor
Frances Holk-Jones
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AI Summary
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Authorizes employees aged 18-20 employed by restaurants or hotels holding restaurant or special retail licenses to serve alcoholic beverages, extending existing privileges previously limited to restaurant licensees only.
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Restricts underage servers from working as bartenders, pouring or dispensing beverages, or delivering alcoholic beverages to guest rooms, and requires a supervisor age 21 or older to be present at all times.
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Permits responsible vendor training to be conducted online by computer, in classrooms, or by live trainers, with online training requiring employee testing to pass and eliminating the requirement for in-person test administrators or proctors.
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Allows training records to be maintained in digital format and produced within 48 hours upon request by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
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Establishes civil penalties for licensees requesting or requiring underage employees to handle, transport, serve, or dispense alcoholic beverages in violation of the law: $250 for first offense, $500 for second offense, and $1,000 for third or subsequent offenses.
Legislative Description
Relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; to amend Sections 28-1-5, as amended by Act 2022-383, 2022 Regular Session, and 28-10-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize an employee of a restaurant or hotel that is a restaurant or special retail licensee of the board to serve alcoholic beverages under the same specified conditions as an employee of a restaurant licensee; and to further provide for the forms and records of responsible vendor training.
Last Action
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023