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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1526 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to alcoholic beverage licenses;
amending 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2-156, which relates
to restrictions on licenses and ownership interest in
package stores; updating statutory language; allowing
certain partnership to hold certain license in
certain counties; allowing conversion of certain
license with certain notification; requiring certain
disclosures; construing provisions; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O.S. 2021, Section 2-156, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 2-156. A. No retail spirits license shall be issued to
a corporation, limited liability company or similar business entity.
No person may own any interest in more than two package stores;
provided, a spouse of a retail spirits license holder may hold a
separate interest in up to two (2) package stores. For the purpose
only of establishing whether or not a person owns an interest in
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more than one package store, any person having a beneficial interest
in any package store shall be deemed to be a partner in the package
store except that the spouse of any retail spirits license holder or
partner shall not be deemed to be a partner or have a beneficial
interest in a package store unless his or her name appears on the
license. A beneficial interest shall be any interest that benefits
from any sales or profits of the package store.
B. For purposes of this section, any spouse of a retail spirits
license holder shall not hold another license provided for pursuant
to the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, except a retail wine
license, retail beer license, on-premises beer and wine license,
mixed beverage license, a caterer’s license or a retail spirits
license.
C. Package stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act may sell only alcoholic beverages in retail
containers as defined in Section 1-103 of this title, in the
original package for consumption off the premises; provided, that
package stores licensed under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
Control Act that are also mixed beverage licensees shall not be
prohibited from the exercise of the authorities granted to them by
Section 2-110 of this title. All retail sales shall be made on the
licensed premises and all deliveries off the premises, at retail, of
intoxicating liquor or beer are hereby prohibited. Provided, a
holder of a Retail Spirits License retail spirits license shall be
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permitted to sell at retail any item that may be purchased at a
grocery store or convenience store, as defined by law, except for
motor fuel, so long as the sale of items other than alcoholic
beverages do does not comprise more than twenty percent (20%) of the
holder’s monthly sales.
D. In counties with a population of seventy thousand (70,000)
or more according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, a limited
partnership or a limited liability partnership may hold a retail
spirits license. If an existing retail spirits licensee is
organized as a limited partnership, the licensee may convert to a
limited liability partnership at any time without the need to
reapply for a license or suspend business operations, as long as the
licensee notifies the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission
of the conversion within ninety (90) days of the conversion. Each
partner of a limited partnership or a limited liability partnership
shall be fully disclosed to the Commission and shall be a natural
person. Any changes to the partnership shall be disclosed to the
Commission within five (5) business days.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a
limited partnership or a limited liability partnership holding a
retail spirits license to be owned by a corporation, limited
liability company, or other partnership authorized under the laws of
this state.
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F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any
person to hold an interest in more than one package store.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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