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SB 524 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2156
08/05
SENATE BILL 524
AN ACT enabling on-premises licensees to deliver liquor to customers who order a meal for home delivery.
SPONSORS: Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 14; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 13; Rep. Presa, Hills. 12; Rep. Miles, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill enables on-premises licenses to deliver liquor to customers who order a meal for home delivery.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2156
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT enabling on-premises licensees to deliver liquor to customers who order a meal for home delivery.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Transportation of Beverages and Wine; Liquor Included. Amend RSA 179:15, III-IV to read as follows:
III.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, an on-premises licensee may purchase a restaurant delivery license from the commission for $250. Such license shall expire one year after the date of issue and may be renewed by an on-premises licensee for $250 each year.
(b) An on-premises licensee may only deliver or sell for take-out, products such licensee is authorized to sell.
[(b)] (c) An on-premises licensee in possession of a restaurant delivery license shall [only] be permitted to transport beverages and wines for delivery to consumers subject to the following requirements:
(1) All deliveries of beverages, liquors, and wines shall be accompanied by food prepared by the restaurant delivery licensee and ordered by the consumer;
(2) All deliveries of beverages, liquors, and wine conducted pursuant to this section shall be undertaken during the on-premises licensee's hours of operation and shall be delivered only to areas where the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted;
(3) All deliveries of beverages, liquors, and wine shall be solely for the personal consumption of the consumer and not for resale;
(4) All beverages and wines transported pursuant to RSA 179:15, II shall be transported in their original, manufactured, sealed containers;
(5) All drinks containing liquor transported pursuant to RSA 179:15, II shall be transported in a sealed container provided by the restaurant delivery license. The container shall clearly identify the licensee from which the alcoholic beverage was purchased. The sealed container shall use a closure that clearly demonstrates when the container has been opened.
(6) Any individual engaged in the delivery of beverages and wines pursuant to this section shall be an employee who regularly receives a W-2 from the on-premises licensee and is at least 21 years of age; and
[(6)] (7) During deliveries conducted under this section, the person engaged in making the delivery shall acquire a signed receipt from the consumer. Consumers who appear visibly intoxicated or who a reasonable and prudent person would know are intoxicated, who do not produce identification verifying the consumer's age, or who fail to sign a receipt shall not be entitled to his or her delivery of beverages, liquors, or wine.
[(c)] (d) No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any college, university, or school, whether public or private, located within the state. No holder of a restaurant delivery license or on-premises license shall deliver any alcoholic beverage to any public library, public playground, or public park.
IV. A person holding an on-premises license engaged in take-out services may include beverages, liquors, and wine with meals sold to a consumer for consumption by the consumer and not for resale. The requirements set forth in subparagraph III(b) shall apply to any take-out meal sold with beverages, liquors, or wine.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.