Posted on 06/02/2021 8:20:36 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Legislature approved a bill Friday that will loosen alcohol restrictions on Sunday mornings. Starting Sept. 1, Texans will be able to purchase beer and wine at stores at 10 a.m. Under current law, stores can’t sell booze until noon.
The Texas House approved House Bill 1518 on Friday by a vote of 115-24 with two lawmakers voting present. That approved the House bill with a Senate amendment that allows hotels to sell alcohol to hotel guests at any time of day.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Harold Dutton Jr., D-Houston, sponsored the bill.
Lawmakers also passed alcohol-to-go law
Earlier this month, lawmakers passed House Bill 1024, which allowed restaurants to continue selling alcohol to-go.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order in March 2020 allowing restaurants to sell alcohol to-go in an effort to help restaurants struggling without customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. HB 1024 made codified that executive order, making it permanent.
Bills to allow liquor sales on Sunday unlikely to pass
Two bills — House Bill 2232 and Senate Bill 1013 — which would have allowed liquor sales on Sunday were left pending in committee. That means they are very unlikely to become law.
The “Boot the Ban” lobbying effort to get lawmakers to repeal the Sunday ban on alcohol sales targeted the May 22 NASCAR race in Austin and sponsored the No. 26 car, but their efforts appear to have failed.
It’s changing to 2 hours?
What difference does that make?
We also cannot buy bottles of hard liquor (whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila, etc) in anything but liquor stores. Someone told me once that the Costco Kirkland tequila is a great tequila at a great price. Wouldn't know as Costco cannot sell such things in Texas (and I don't drink tequila).
spectators at football, golf, car racing, and also beach activity and grilling.
don’t people collect those under the moonlight?
Oklahoma: Mon- Sat sales allowed 6am to 2am.
Sun. Noon to Midnight ( if allowed by County)
Now open it up to liquor too!
Yep.
Why not just stock up on Saturday? Rhetorical question, sorta.
lol.
what i like about California is that you can buy liquor in grocery stores instead of having to make an extra trip to a special store.
Can be stocked before football games begin?
They can get that passed, but not something that ACTUALLY benefits the public. Not going to happen.
Sunday at noon is fine—just like the old days in Arizona!!!!
Go to Church—then you can worthily get some beer or wine for your barbecue or Sunday dinner!!!!
what i like about California is that you can buy liquor in grocery stores instead of having to make an extra trip to a special store.
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And you can get your groceries at a Quickie Mart Gas Stop.
Why not simply stock up the day before if noon is too late for you? That’s what I would do if alcohol was that important to me.
When I was a kid, I’d go to the Pa. “State Store” with my dad. We’d walk in, and get in one of the lines at the counter. Behind the counter, every species of wine and liquor would have a representative bottle on the wall behind the clerks. The clerks had the personalities of prison guards. When you got to the front of the line, you would tell them what you wanted, they’d stroll into the back and eventually come back with your order. I think it glamorized booze for me. Things have come a long way, now you can fill your own order, and take it to one of the lines at the front of the store, and pay the prison guards.
Yeah, they were made illegal here in May, 2001.
Camping trips were ruined all over the country.
Thousands of people lined up downtown to buy the remaining stock.
I remember the days when stores weren’t even open on Sundays.
I told that story to my kids. They are mid-late 20’s.
They couldn’t believe it.
Only thing open on Sunday was churches and Luby’s.
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