Minnesota SF 4883: Nursing home and assisted living facilities permission to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to liquor; allowing nursing homes and assisted living facilities to allow​
1.3 consumption and display of alcoholic beverages; proposing coding for new law​
1.4 in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. [340A.4015] NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES;​
1.7 WHEN LICENSE NOT REQUIRED.​
1.8 Nothing in this chapter prohibits a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01,​
1.9 subdivision 5, or an assisted living facility as defined in section 144G.08, subdivision 7,​
1.10 from allowing the consumption and display of alcoholic beverages, provided all of the​
1.11 following conditions are met:​
1.12 (1) the alcoholic beverages are only consumed or displayed by residents of the nursing​
1.13 home or assisted living facility;​
1.14 (2) residents may only consume or display alcoholic beverages at an activity or event​
1.15 which is resident-focused;​
1.16 (3) no person under 21 years of age is permitted to consume alcoholic beverages;​
1.17 (4) any staff serving an alcoholic beverage is at least 18 years of age; and​
1.18 (5) alcoholic beverages are not offered for sale or otherwise disposed of as part of a​
1.19 commercial transaction.​
1​Section 1.​
26-07927 as introduced​03/11/26 REVISOR JSK/AD​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4883​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE, Dibble and Latz)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​7094​03/26/2026​
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection​