Assembly Actions -
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S6248
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8578
- Current Committee:
- Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §64-b, ABC L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2021-2022:
S8991
2023-2024: S3485, A6769
2025-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6248 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to increasing the capacity needed to be considered a bottle club PURPOSE: This bill would expand the businesses that could allow patrons a bring your own alcoholic beverage option to establishments with capacities of less than 100. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 - Amends section 64-b of the alcoholic beverage control law by raising the capacity - from twenty to one hundred or more persons - of for-profit establishments without licenses to sell alcohol, which are allowed to permit patrons to bring and consume their own alcoholic beverages on the premises.
2025-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6248 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel- opment and Small Business AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to increasing the capacity needed to be considered a bottle club THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 64-b of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 1043 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation operating a place for profit or pecuniary gain, with a capacity for the assemblage of [twenty] ONE HUNDRED or more persons to permit a person or persons to come to the place of assembly for the purpose of consuming alcoholic beverages on said premises, which alcoholic beverages are either provided by the operator of the place of assembly, [his] THEIR agents, servants or employees, or are brought onto said premises by the person or persons assembling at such place, unless an appropriate license has first been obtained from the state liquor authority by the operator of said place of assembly. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the definition of place of assembly in this chap- ter or any other law. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or restrict the leasing or use of such place of assemblage as defined here- in by any organization or club enumerated in subdivision seven hereof. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10773-01-5
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