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SB1495 • 2026

liquor; liability; technical correction

SB1495 - liquor; liability; technical correction

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Carine Werner, Hildy Angius
Last action
Official status
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about specific changes or impacts beyond clarifying liability for non-licensed parties.

Liquor Liability Law Change

This bill updates Arizona's liquor liability laws by clarifying the conditions under which social hosts and others are not liable for damages caused by intoxicated individuals.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates a specific section of Arizona's liquor liability laws to clarify that people other than licensed alcohol sellers or their employees, when acting outside work hours, cannot be held responsible for damages caused by guests who have consumed alcohol at least the legal drinking age.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People hosting events where alcohol is served and are not licensed to sell it
  • Anyone involved in lawsuits related to damages caused by intoxicated individuals over the legal drinking age

Terms To Know

Licensee
A person or business that has a permit to sell alcoholic drinks.
Social Host
Someone who hosts an event where alcohol is served, but does not have a license to sell it.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only changes the wording of existing laws and does not create new rules.
  • It does not address situations involving people under the legal drinking age.

Bill History

No action history is stored for this bill yet.

Official Summary Text

SB1495 - liquor; liability; technical correction

Current Bill Text

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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