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S 5787: Prohibits membership warehouse stores from selling to a retailer.
What S 5787 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages by membership warehouse stores. A new subdivision is added to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to define a "membership warehouse retailer" as a store that limits access to its members, including businesses and individuals who pay a fee to shop in the club. The bill also prohibits membership warehouse retailers from selling alcoholic beverages to retailers who present a corporate or business card, debit, credit, or membership card bearing the name of a retailer at the point of sale. The penalties for violating this rule include a written notice and warning, suspension, and imposition of a civil penalty, as well as revocation or cancellation of a license to sell alcoholic beverages.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5787
- What is the current status of S 5787?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5787 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS".
- Did S 5787 pass?
- Not yet. S 5787 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5787, and where is it now?
- S 5787 was authored by Sen. Luis Sepúlveda. Its committee of record is Senate Investigation & Government Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| Mar. 03, 2025 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 3, 2025 · 398 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5787 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to membership warehouse stores The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 20-a of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law is renumbered subdivision 20-h and a new subdivision 20-a is 3 added to read as follows: 4 20-a. "Membership warehouse retailer" means and includes any store 5 primarily engaged in the retail sale of a general line of groceries, 6 which may include apparel, furniture and appliances which limits access 7 to members of the club including businesses and individuals who are 8 subject to pay a fee or premium to shop in the club. 9 § 2. Section 100 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by 10 adding a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 11 2-c. (a) No membership warehouse retailer shall sell, or knowingly 12 agree to sell, or sell by omission, any alcoholic beverage to a retailer 13 who presents a corporate or business, debit, credit, or membership card 14 bearing the name of a retailer at the point of sale. The first violation 15 of this subdivision shall result in a written notice of violation and 16 warning from the liquor authority. A second violation of this subdivi- 17 sion shall result in a suspension and imposition of a civil penalty 18 pursuant to section one hundred eighteen of this article. A third 19 violation of this subdivision shall result in a revocation, or cancella- 20 tion of a license to sell alcoholic beverages pursuant to section one 21 hundred eighteen of this article. 22 (b) The acceptance by a membership warehouse retailer of a corporate 23 or business, debit, credit, or membership card that has sufficient indi- 24 cia of an association with a retailer is a willful intent to violate the 25 law within this subdivision. 26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04952-01-5
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