HB1582: relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.

HB 1582-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2207

12/10

HOUSE BILL 1582-FN

AN ACT relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.

SPONSORS: Rep. Phinney, Straf. 9

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill includes the stage and performance areas in the definition of entertainers under an exception to liquor license requirements.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2207

12/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Liquor Licenses; Enforcement; Entertainer; Definition. Amend RSA 179:19 I (b) to read as follows:

(b) "Entertainer" means a person who, with or without compensation, performs in a premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages[.] while on stage or designated performance areas or in areas designated for entertainers.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBA

24-2207

Revised 12/22/23

HB 1582-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ X ] None

METHODOLOGY:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as introduced, has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Liquor Commission