HB 5328 Summary

• Redefines "case price" for alcoholic liquor to include additional bottle quantities and sizes, with commissioner authority to approve fewer quantities no more than 8 times per calendar year.

• Creates new religious wine retailer permits allowing import and retail sale of sacramental wine to religious organizations, with an annual fee of $250 and restrictions on consumption and other permit holdings.

• Allows package store and grocery store beer permit holders to offer curbside pick-up of previously purchased alcoholic liquor by consumers or in-state transporter permit holders and their agents.

• Expands cafe permit definitions to include passenger terminal complexes at any airport (not just Bradley International) and locations open to airline club members.

• Makes ninety-day provisional liquor permit fees nonrefundable and allows holders of cafe, restaurant, or in-state transporter permits to also hold seasonal outdoor open-air permits.