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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 216

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Relating to: issuance by municipalities of alcohol beverage operator's licenses.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation Municipality Ordinance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows a municipal governing body to delegate authority to issue

operator's licenses (commonly referred to as “bartender's licenses") to a designated

municipal official.

Under current law, a municipal governing body must issue an operator's license

to a qualified applicant. Although a person is not required to hold an operator's

license to provide alcohol beverages on retail licensed premises, a retail licensee may

not be open for business unless the licensee, the designated agent of a corporate

licensee, or a person who possesses an operator's license or manager's license is

present and responsible for the acts of all persons providing alcohol beverages on the

premises.

This bill allows the governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, to authorize

a designated municipal official to issue operator's licenses.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Plumer (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

7 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Nass (R) , Smith (D) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 4, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Ballweg, Duchow, Kitchens, Kurtz, Mursau, Plumer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck, Tittl, Zimmerman and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Kooyenga, Nass, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Smith

  2. May 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Jun 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor

  4. Jul 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  7. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1