2023 Senate Bill 141 / Public Act 95

Liquor: licenses; carryout sales and delivery of alcoholic liquor by an on-premises licensee; eliminate sunset.

An act to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled “An act to create a commission for the control of the alcoholic beverage traffic within this state, and to prescribe its powers, duties, and limitations; to provide for powers and duties for certain state departments and agencies; to impose certain taxes for certain purposes; to provide for the control of the alcoholic liquor traffic within this state and to provide for the power to establish state liquor stores; to prohibit the use of certain devices for the dispensing of alcoholic vapor; to provide for the care and treatment of alcoholics; to provide for the incorporation of farmer cooperative wineries and the granting of certain rights and privileges to those cooperatives; to provide for the licensing and taxation of activities regulated under this act and the disposition of the money received under this act; to prescribe liability for retail licensees under certain circumstances and to require security for that liability; to provide procedures, defenses, and remedies regarding violations of this act; to provide for the enforcement and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to provide for allocation of certain funds for certain purposes; to provide for the confiscation and disposition of property seized under this act; to provide referenda under certain circumstances; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 537a (MCL 436.1537a), as amended by 2021 PA 64.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 141 would amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to eliminate the sunset (expiration date) on a provision allowing certain retailers to sell fill and sell a container with alcoholic liquor for consumption off the licensed premises and deliver the container to a consumer in Michigan under certain conditions, commonly referred to as “cocktails to go.”

Introduced in the Senate

March 7, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-8) and 13 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Jeremy Moss (D-7), Jeff Irwin (D-15), Michael Webber (R-9), Mark Huizenga (R-30), Paul Wojno (D-10), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Stephanie Chang (D-3), Michele Hoitenga (R-36), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11), Sam Singh (D-28), Sylvia Santana (D-2), Sue Shink (D-14) and Rosemary Bayer (D-13)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

March 16, 2023

Reported without amendment

March 21, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

March 22, 2023

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

Received in the House

March 22, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 13, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 28, 2023

Passed in the House 103 to 5 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 28, 2023

Motion to give immediate effect

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 19, 2023