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RI: Legislation Allowing Take-Out Alcohol From Kind Regards, Restaurants Through 2021 Passes RI House NABCA Communications Department Newport Buzz By Christian Winthrop NABCA NEWS March 4, 2021 Visit NABCA’s COVID-19 Resource page for updates Rep. Jacquelyn M. Baginski’s (D-Dist. 17, Cranston) regarding policy changes that effect on- and off- legislation (2021-H 5105A) allowing any Class B premise retail operations. liquor license holder to sell certain amounts of beer, New on NABCA’s website: wine and mixed drinks with take-out food orders has passed the House of Representatives. The Collection: An Alcohol Research Summary (formerly Annotated Bibliography) A “While we all continue to battle against COVID-19 comprehensive overview of the latest scientific and its affects, this bill will help our restaurants evidence on important topics related to alcohol continue to weather the economic storm brought policy. on by the virus. Without the ability to open and 2 serve at full-capacity, our restaurants are in venues, greater flexibility to dress up their drinks to desperate need of every cent that comes their way. effectively act as a bar. This legislation will help keep their doors open, keep Beginning in July 2026, the bill would also require their employees paid, and hopefully support them recipes to include at least one agricultural product enough until the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are grown in Florida. And by that date, 60% of the drink lifted,” said Representative Baginski. must be distilled in the Sunshine State. Class B license holders include any business where For destination entertainment venues, the bill the principal business is the furnishing of food and outlines a particular set of requirements for a sleeping accommodations and any shop or place business to qualify. Among those requirements are where a substantial part of the business is the that qualifying venues must be adjacent to bicycle furnishing of food for consumption at the place or pedestrian trails and mass transit routes. where it is furnished. When pressed by St. Petersburg Republican Sen. The legislation will allow businesses to sell up to two Jeff Brandes, Hutson said only one venue in the bottles of wine, 72 ounces of a mixed-wine drink, state currently qualifies. However, he said several 144 ounces of beer, and mixed drinks with no more sites in the Panhandle are close to qualifying. than nine ounces of distilled spirits. All drinks must be sold in factory sealed containers or containers The Rules Committee approved Hutson’s bill sealed in such a way as to prevent re-opening unanimously. without obvious evidence that the seal was Other states are raising their caps on craft removed or broken. distilleries and providing them with more flexibility, The bill states that any food delivery with alcoholic the St. Augustine Republican told the Senate beverages is prohibited and would take effect upon Regulated Industries Committee earlier this year. passage and would sunset at the end of the year. Deregulating the alcohol industry has been a The legislation now heads to the Senate for popular topic in recent years. The latest major effort consideration. is to allow restaurants and bars to sell alcohol drinks to-go, a practice approved on a temporary basis during the COVID-19 pandemic. FL: Craft distillery bill cleared for Senate vote Hutson noted this is his first time carrying an Sen. Travis Hutson's bill makes it easier to belly up to the craft distillery. Image via St. Augustine Distillery. alcohol-related bill in his more than six years in the Senate. Florida Politics By Renzo Downey Indian Rocks Beach Republican Rep. Nick DiCeglie is March 4, 2021 carrying the House companion bill (HB 737). That bill passed its first committee Tuesday. Sen. Travis Hutson says he wants to put Florida's restrictions on par with other states. A bill to reduce restrictions on craft distilleries in Washington, DC: DC Mayor Urges Council to Pass Florida is headed to the full Senate after passing its the Reopen Washington, DC Alcohol Act final committee Thursday. STL News “Senate Bill 46 (SB 46) attempts to put our craft By Publisher3 distilleries on the same playing field nationally as March 4, 2021 other states,” St. Augustine Republican Sen. Travis Mayor Bowser Urges Council to Pass the Reopen Hutson told the Senate Rules Committee. Hutson is Washington, DC Alcohol Act as Local Restaurants the bill’s sponsor. and Residents Express Continued Support for To achieve that, the proposal would raise the annual Reimagining Public Space production limit at craft distilleries from 75,000 to Washington, DC (STL.News) Mayor Muriel Bowser 250,000 gallons. It would also give distilleries in called on the Council of the District of Columbia to entertainment venues, such as wedding and concert 3 take up and pass the Reopen Washington, DC comes to streateries, they give us hope because of Alcohol Act to help support the District’s recovery the impact we have seen. This new survey data from and provide innovative approaches to help rebuild the industry should propel the ReOpen Washington, the District’s economy. The Bowser Administration DC Alcohol Act to immediate consideration and released two public surveys conducted by the ultimate passage by the Council.” District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Mayor Bowser announced the Streatery Program in the Office of Planning (OP) showing broad support June 2020 to expand outdoor dining within public for the DC Streatery Program, and that restaurants space during the public health emergency. Through have experienced positive economic benefits by the program, permitted restaurants may offer participating in the DC Streatery Program. outdoor dining on sidewalks, and in parking lanes, According to DDOT’s survey, 89% of local businesses travel lanes, alleys, and public plazas. As of January operating a streatery overwhelmingly support a 2021, 304 public space permits have been issued for permanent DDOT Streatery Program. streateries within the District of Columbia. “Our local business community has been resilient, “The Streatery program has been a huge but we know that to get through this pandemic and collaborative effort across teams within DDOT and ultimately recover, we will also need to seize this with our sister agencies, and has proven to be opportunity to be bold and innovative,” said Mayor incredibly beneficial for such an important Bowser. “The Streatery Program has been one stakeholder – DC’s vibrant restaurant community,” example of a lifeline that helped businesses operate said Interim DDOT Director Everett Lott. “We are safely, stay afloat, keep their employees on the excited to continue this team effort as we consider payroll. We look forward to working with the the future of the program.” Council to extend the Streatery Program, even after the public health emergency ends.” DDOT Streatery Report Proposed provisions in the Reopen Washington, DC The DDOT online survey was sent to restaurants Alcohol Act include: participating in the Streatery Program to get feedback on the program. Key takeaways from the • Extending programs introduced on an nearly 100 current permit holders include: emergency basis, including streateries • 87%: Streatery Program increased their • Establishing a Commercial Lifestyle License that business revenue compared to not having a allows patrons to walk around and consume streatery alcohol purchased from on-premises establishments within predefined boundaries Individual business revenue increased an average of 34 percent • Creating a new 25% full-service grocery store Class A License to help attract new full service • 78%: Streatery Program allowed them to rehire, grocery stores to Wards 7 and 8. retain, or expand their staff, with an average of seven employees