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Retail Sales Alcohol Beverages

It became law on Jun 4, 2018.

CO SB 18-243 · Senate Bill · 2018A

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Jun 4, 2018

What it does

Under current law, effective January 1, 2019, the limitation on the maximum alcohol content of fermented malt beverages, also referred to as '3.2% beer', is eliminated, thereby allowing grocery stores, convenience stores, and any other person currently licensed or licensed in the future to sell fermented malt beverages for consumption on or off the licensed premises to sell fermented malt beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% alcohol by volume, referred to as 'malt liquor'. The bill modifies laws governing the retail sale of fermented malt beverages, which will be synonymous with malt liquor as of January 1, 2019, as follows:

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jun 4, 2018

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It is law in Colorado. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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