BY SENATOR(S) Rodriguez and Lundeen, Kipp;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Lindstedt and Hartsook, Barron, Bird, Caldwell, Gonzalez R., Keltie, Lindsay, Mabrey, Ricks, Weinberg, McCluskie.
Concerning changes to the delivery requirements for wine direct shipping by alcohol beverage shipper licensees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-430, amend (2) as follows:
44-3-430. Alcohol beverage shipper license for wine direct shipping - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (2) A driver delivering on behalf of an alcohol beverage shipper licensee shall not leave a package unattended on a doorstep and shall check the recipient's identification to ensure that the individual accepting delivery is the individual intended to receive the product and is not under twenty-one years of age or visibly intoxicated.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate
Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate
Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado