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Liquor, resort city restaurants
LIQUOR – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding licenses issued to resort city restaurants.

RS31524 / S1381

Idaho’s liquor license quota system is based on a city’s residential population. In resort cities, where populations fluctuate widely based on tourism, residential population is a poor measure of the actual number of people in town at a given time. This bill would create a resort city restaurant liquor license, allowing up to three additional liquor licenses for restaurants in resort cities, subject to approval by the city. The majority of the restaurant’s revenue must be from food, and liquor may only be sold during the hours food is served.

There will be no impact to the general fund because it does not expand Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) or Idaho Liquor Division, and existing licensing fees apply.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/28 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
02/29 Reported Printed; referred to State Affairs
03/06 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/07 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/11 Read third time in full – PASSED - 31-3-1
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews(Toews), Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Burtenshaw, Cook, Grow
Absent and excused – Lent
Floor Sponsor - Guthrie
Title apvd - to House
03/12 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
03/12 Read First Time, Referred to State Affairs
03/21 Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders
03/25 Referred to the Committee of the Whole
03/25 Reported out without recommendation as amended
03/25 Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing
03/25 Filed for First Reading
03/25 Read first time as amended in House; Filed for Second Reading
03/26 Read second time as amended in House; Filed for Third Reading
03/26 Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 1, read in full as required – PASSED - 60-10-0
AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(Brown), Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Price, Raybould, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Dixon(1), Ehardt, Furniss, Handy, Kingsley, Monks, Pickett, Raymond, Sauter, Vander Woude
Absent – None
Floor Sponsor - Alfieri
Title apvd - to Senate
03/26 Returned from House, amended
03/26 Referred to 10th Order for possible concurrence
03/26 Senate concurred in House amendments; referred to engrossment
03/27 Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
03/27 Read first time as amended in the House, filed for Second Reading
03/28 Read second time as amended in the House, filed for Third Reading
04/02 Read third time as amended in the House – PASSED - 29-6-0
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Carlson, Den Hartog, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Shea(Ruchti), Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Burtenshaw, Cook, Foreman, Grow, Lent, Ricks
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Guthrie
Title apvd - to enrol
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