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S 6248: Increases the capacity needed to be considered a bottle club from twenty persons to one hundred persons.
What S 6248 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to regulate places where people gather to consume alcoholic beverages. Currently, these establishments are not required to have a specific capacity to obtain a license from the state liquor authority. The law proposes to change this by requiring a license for places with a capacity of 100 or more people. The license will ensure that the operator of the establishment has obtained permission from the state liquor authority before allowing people to consume alcoholic beverages on the premises. This change will help prevent unauthorized gatherings and ensure compliance with state regulations.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6248
- What is the current status of S 6248?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6248 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 COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS".
- Did S 6248 pass?
- Not yet. S 6248 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6248, and where is it now?
- S 6248 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis. Its committee of record is Senate Commerce, Economic Development & Small Business.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS |
| Mar. 07, 2025 | REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 7, 2025 · 327 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6248 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel- opment and Small Business AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to increasing the capacity needed to be considered a bottle club The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 64-b of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by chapter 1043 of the laws of 1971, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation 5 operating a place for profit or pecuniary gain, with a capacity for the 6 assemblage of [twenty] one hundred or more persons to permit a person or 7 persons to come to the place of assembly for the purpose of consuming 8 alcoholic beverages on said premises, which alcoholic beverages are 9 either provided by the operator of the place of assembly, [his] their 10 agents, servants or employees, or are brought onto said premises by the 11 person or persons assembling at such place, unless an appropriate 12 license has first been obtained from the state liquor authority by the 13 operator of said place of assembly. Nothing in this section shall be 14 construed as affecting the definition of place of assembly in this chap- 15 ter or any other law. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or 16 restrict the leasing or use of such place of assemblage as defined here- 17 in by any organization or club enumerated in subdivision seven hereof. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10773-01-5
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