MI HB5198

Prohibits selling or furnishing alcoholic liquor to minors, with penalties ranging from misdemeanors to felonies depending on circumstances and prior offenses.

Reduces penalty to a state civil infraction with a maximum $100 fine for retail employees who sell to minors during undercover enforcement operations conducted by state police, the commission, or local police.

Requires enforcement agencies to take action against the minor, the employee who made the sale, and any third-party adult involved before charging a licensee, with exceptions for certain undercover operations and employer-sponsored internal enforcement actions.

Establishes that licensees at on-premises establishments are not liable unless they knew or should have known a minor was consuming alcohol and failed to take immediate corrective action.

Requires the Alcoholic Beverage Commission to provide annual reports to the state police detailing enforcement actions, categorized by decoy operations, off-premises violations, on-premises violations, and repeat offenses within three years.