| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 |
referred to commerce, economic development and small business |
Senate Bill S5027
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 54th Senate District
2025-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S8452
2021-2022: S3877
2023-2024: S1441
2025-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Credits any on-premises licensees or any manufacturing licensee with on-premises retail privileges for each day they were unable to operate due to COVID-19; provides that such credits shall be used for such licensee's license renewal; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
2025-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5027
SPONSOR: GRIFFO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to credit days to retail on-premises licensees that were unable
to operate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE:
To allow a credit to be applied on the renewal of a restaurant or bar's
liquor license relative to the duration of time they were forced to
cease on-premises sales as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 establishes that the licensing fee will be reduced in propor-
tion to the number of days that the license holder was unable to sell
alcohol on premises.
Section 2 marks the effective date.
2025-S5027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5027
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 18, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Econom-
ic Development and Small Business
AN ACT to credit days to retail on-premises licensees that were unable
to operate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the state liquor authority is authorized to grant a license credit to
any on-premises licensee and any manufacturing licensee with on-premises
retail privileges that are licensed pursuant to the alcoholic beverage
control law to receive a credit to the next renewal of their license on
a pro-rata basis for each inactive day, up to a maximum of three hundred
sixty-five days. An inactive day shall mean each day between March 7,
2020 and March 7, 2021 that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic or the govern-
ment response to the pandemic, the licensee was closed, or ceased all
on-premises retail business functions that require a license under the
alcoholic beverage control law. The on-premises licensee and any manu-
facturing licensee with on-premises retail privileges shall document to
the state liquor authority, on a form provided by the authority, the
number of inactive days, up to a maximum of three hundred sixty-five
days, that they are claiming for a credit to be added to their next
retail on-premise license renewal.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed January 1, 2028.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01592-01-5
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