Senate Bill 25-274 Introduced

A Bill for an Act

• Page 1, Line 101Concerning changes to the delivery requirements for wine

• Page 1, Line 102direct shipping by alcohol beverage shipper licensees.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.)

In 2024, Senate Bill 24-231 authorized the state licensing authority to issue an alcohol beverage shipper license when the liquor enforcement division has sufficient money to administer and enforce the alcohol beverage shipper license. While no alcohol beverage shipper licenses have been issued, with respect to future licensees, the bill removes the requirement that a driver delivering vinous liquors on behalf of an alcohol beverage shipper licensee check the recipient's identification to ensure that the individual accepting delivery is the individual intended to receive the product.

• Page 2, Line 1Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

• Page 2, Line 2SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-430, amend (2) as follows:

• Page 2, Line 344-3-430.  Alcohol beverage shipper license for wine direct

• Page 2, Line 4shipping - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (2)  A driver delivering

• Page 2, Line 5on behalf of an alcohol beverage shipper licensee shall not leave a

• Page 2, Line 6package unattended on a doorstep and shall check the recipient's

• Page 2, Line 7identification to ensure that the individual accepting delivery is the

• Page 2, Line 8individual intended to receive the product and is not under twenty-one years of age or visibly intoxicated.

• Page 2, Line 9SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act

• Page 2, Line 10takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the

• Page 2, Line 11ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except

• Page 2, Line 12that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V

• Page 2, Line 13of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this

• Page 2, Line 14act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take

• Page 2, Line 15effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in

• Page 2, Line 16November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.