| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 |
reported and committed to local government |
| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S348
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
Actions
Votes
2025-S348 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld Art 9, add §132, ABC L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2021-2022:
S8966
2023-2024: S3484
2025-S348 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S348
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
ending the local option of towns and cities to prohibit the sale of
alcohol; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
PURPOSE:
This bill would eliminate all current - and prohibit any future - dry
communities in New York State.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the alcoholic beverage control law by adding a new
section 132, which makes the sale of alcohol lawful in any municipality
that had previously prohibited its sale. Precludes municipalities from
enacting any future prohibition on the sale of alcohol.
Section 2: Repeals article nine (local option) of the alcoholic beverage
2025-S348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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348
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
ending the local option of towns and cities to prohibit the sale of
alcohol; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
new section 132 to read as follows:
§ 132. LOCAL OPTIONS ON THE SALE OF ALCOHOL PROHIBITED. WITHIN EVERY
MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAD A REFERENDUM TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL
UNDER THE FORMER ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CHAPTER THE SALE OF ALCOHOL SHALL
BE LAWFUL. NO MUNICIPALITY SHALL ENACT ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR
RESOLUTION WHICH PROHIBITS THE SALE OF ALCOHOL WITHIN THE ENTIRETY OF
SUCH MUNICIPALITY.
§ 2. Article 9 of the alcoholic beverage control law is REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01436-01-5
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