Nursing homes and assisted living facilities authorized to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Nadeau, Huot, Schomacker, Momanyi-Hiltsley, Lillie, Cha, Baker, Zeleznikar, Koegel, Bakeberg, Perryman, Gillman, Reyer, Bahner, Nash, Pursell, Bierman
Last action: 2026-04-07
Official status: Author added Bierman
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-04-07 House
Author added Bierman
2026-03-25 House
Author added Pursell
2026-03-12 House
Author added Nash
2026-03-09 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Human Services Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities authorized to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to liquor; allowing nursing homes and assisted living facilities to allow

consumption and display of alcoholic beverages; proposing coding for new law

in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[340A.4015] NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES;

WHEN LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.

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Nothing in this chapter prohibits a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01,

subdivision 5, or an assisted living facility as defined in section 144G.08, subdivision 7,

from allowing the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages, provided all of the

following conditions are met:

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(1) the alcoholic beverages are only consumed or displayed by residents of the nursing

home or assisted living facility;

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(2) residents may only consume or display alcoholic beverages at an activity or event

which is resident-focused;

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(3) no person under 21 years of age is permitted to consume alcoholic beverages;

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(4) any staff serving an alcoholic beverage is at least 18 years of age; and

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(5) alcoholic beverages are not offered for sale or otherwise disposed of as part of a

commercial transaction.

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