2024 Senate Bill 789 / Public Act 115

Liquor: licenses; license to sell alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises of certain locations; modify.

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 513 (MCL 436.1513), as amended by 2022 PA 216.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The legislation allows Michigan colleges and universities to sell alcoholic beverages on their premises under specific conditions, with licenses being nontransferable and subject to a fee.

Introduced in the Senate

March 13, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-15)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

March 19, 2024

Reported with substitute S-1

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported with substitute S-1

Substitute S-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

March 19, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

June 11, 2024

Reported without amendment

June 20, 2024

Passed in the House 99 to 10 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

June 26, 2024

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 23, 2024