IN SB0422

Requires alcohol permittees and their employees to check ID for any customer who appears to be under 27 years of age before selling alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption, rather than requiring ID from all purchasers under current law

Makes it a Class B misdemeanor to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption to someone appearing under 27 without first verifying their age through valid identification

Explicitly allows expired driver's licenses, government-issued ID cards, and government-issued documents with photo and birthdate to be accepted as valid proof of age

Provides a legal defense for permittees charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor if the purchaser presented an expired or unexpired valid form of identification showing they were 21 or older

Removes the previous defense that allowed sellers to avoid checking ID if the customer was or reasonably appeared to be over 50 years of age

Effective date: July 1, 2011