Bill Text - HB1227 (2024)

Relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.


Revision: Dec. 1, 2023, 3:15 p.m.

HB 1227  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2703

12/02

 

HOUSE BILL 1227

 

AN ACT relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Grill, Hills. 18; Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 25; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. D. Ford, Hills. 40; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. A. Nutting-Wong, Hills. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill extends the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2703

12/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Hours of Sales; Alcoholic Beverages.  Amend RSA 179:17, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) On-premises licensees may sell from 6:00 a.m. to [1:00 a.m.,] 2:00 a.m., 7 days a week. The licensee may sell until [2:00 a.m.] 3:00 a.m. under conditions authorized by the legislative body of the city or town in which the premises are located if the legislative body adopts an ordinance authorizing such sales.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.