Resort Hotel Liquor Licenses
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Bill Summary - 25LSO-0287 Bill No.: SF0042 Effective: 7/1/2025 LSO No.: 25LSO-0287 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0007 Chapter No.: 37 Prime Sponsor: Gierau Catch Title: Resort hotel liquor licenses. Has Report: No Subject: Authorizing the issuance of resort hotel liquor licenses. Summary/Major Elements: This act authorizes the appropriate licensing authority in counties, cities, and towns to issue resort hotel liquor licenses to the owners or lessees of a resort hotel. In order to qualify for a resort hotel liquor license, the resort hotel must: Have an actual valuation of (or a commitment to expend or have actually expended) five million dollars ($5,000,000.00). Include a full-service restaurant that generally is open during business hours. Include at least twenty (20) sleeping rooms for short-term occupancy. Providing in-room dining services for at least twelve (12) hours each day. Provide facilities for business meetings for at least fifty (50) participants. Resort hotel liquor licenses are not subject to the population formula that limits retail liquor licenses in counties, cities, and towns. The annual fee for a resort hotel liquor license is between five hundred dollars ($500.00) and three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Resort hotels are authorized in the act to sell an unopened bottle of liquor or wine to a registered guest for consumption on the premises of the resort hotel. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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Why they voted this way
The lawmaker changed their vote from conflict to yes because they determined the bill does not impact their business, despite holding a liquor license.
R · S29
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker argues that lowering financial and facility requirements will expand economic opportunities for remote dude ranches currently ineligible under the current rules.
R · S27
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker opposes the amendment because he believes it jeopardizes a balanced agreement reached in committee between opposing forces.
R · S02
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker supports lowering the room count requirement because it helps smaller communities dealing with population growth and reduces an arbitrary licensing system.
R · S10
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker opposes the amendment because it creates unnecessary barriers that exclude people from participating in the program, similar to how industries try to fence out competitors.
R · S04
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker opposes the amendment because it is a wildly restrictive poison pill from retail liquor groups that unfairly limits business operations and menu choices.
R · S08
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker opposes the amendment because the new definition lacks the operative language requiring sales to be primarily for food rather than alcohol, which is present in the existing statute.
R · S18
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker urges support for the bill by noting that previous concerns raised decades ago regarding similar restaurant liquor licenses did not materialize.
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The amendment changes the requirements for resort hotel liquor licenses by adding specific criteria for a full-service restaurant.
The amendment changes requirements for resort hotel liquor licenses by modifying distance restrictions, financial thresholds, and removing certain local government references.
The amendment changes the financial requirements for resort hotel liquor licenses by lowering certain monetary thresholds.
The amendment removes references to cities and towns in certain sections and adds a requirement for resort hotels to be at least five miles away from any city or town's limits.
The amendment changes the requirements for resort hotel liquor licenses by specifying that hotels must have a full-service restaurant open at least twelve hours daily and six days weekly.