liquor; liability; technical correction

Plain English Breakdown

The source material does not provide an effective date for this bill.

SB1495: Technical Correction on Liquor Liability

This bill clarifies Arizona law by stating that private individuals who serve alcohol to people of legal drinking age cannot be sued for injuries or property damage caused by those drinkers.

What This Bill Does

• Amends section 4-301 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding liquor liability.
• States that a person who is not a licensed seller (licensee) or an employee acting during work hours cannot be sued for damages if they serve alcohol to someone at least the legal drinking age.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who are not licensees and do not sell alcohol as employees.
• Individuals injured, killed, or whose property is damaged by a person of legal drinking age after being served alcohol by such individuals.

Terms To Know

Licensee

A person or business that holds an official permit to sell alcoholic beverages.

Social host

A private individual who serves alcohol but is not a licensee or employee acting during work hours.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only addresses liability for serving people of legal drinking age; it does not mention rules about serving minors.
• The effective date is not listed in the provided source material.

Official Summary Text

SB1495 - liquor; liability; technical correction

Current Bill Text

SB1495 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
liquor; liability; technical correction

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1495

Introduced by

Senators
Werner: Angius

AN
ACT

amending section 4-301, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to liquor liability.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 4-301, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
4-301
.
Liability limitation; social host

A person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee
acting during the employee's working hours or in connection with such
employment is not liable in damages to any person who is injured, or to the
survivors of any person killed, or for damage to property, which is alleged to
have been caused in whole or in part by reason of the furnishing or serving of
spirituous liquor to a person of
at least
the legal
drinking age.
END_STATUTE