Alcoholic beverages: retail on-sale license: off-sale privileges

Eligible businesses can continue selling certain cocktails, wine, and spirits for customer pickup under existing safeguards. The law took effect immediately to avoid a lapse in those privileges.

What the law does ​

• Extends through December 31, 2029, off-sale pickup privileges for eligible on-sale restaurants, beer manufacturers, wine manufacturers, and craft distillers with bona fide public eating places.
• Allows manufacturer-prepackaged distilled spirits for pickup and, with a meal, up to two qualifying non-beer drinks in sealed containers.
• Requires pickup orders to be placed online, by phone, or in person; picked up directly by the ordering customer; and verified with valid identification.
• Prohibits delivery under these privileges and requires businesses using non-prepackaged drink privileges to notify the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
• Preserves the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's authority to restrict or prohibit these sales for good cause.

Who it affects ​

• Restaurants with eligible on-sale and off-sale licenses.
• Licensed beer manufacturers, wine manufacturers, and craft distillers operating qualifying eating places at their production premises.
• Customers buying eligible alcoholic beverages for pickup.

Context ​

The authorization expires and is repealed on December 31, 2029.