New York S 652: Authorizes private membership establishments to have certain licenses for sale of alcohol

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S00652 Summary:

BILL NOS00652A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07040-B

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add 64-f, amd 110-b & 17, ABC L

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Authorizes private membership establishments to have certain licenses for sale of alcohol for consumption on premises.

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BILL NOS00652A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/22/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 652A

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1676

06/09/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A7040B

&nbspA07040 AMEND=B Stirpe

&nbsp03/20/2025referred to economic development

&nbsp05/16/2025amend (t) and recommit to economic development

&nbsp05/16/2025print number 7040a

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp05/22/2025amend and recommit to codes

&nbsp05/22/2025print number 7040b

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/09/2025reported 

&nbsp06/09/2025rules report cal.513

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.513

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/09/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S652A

&nbsp06/09/20253RD READING CAL.1676

&nbsp06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/09/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp08/15/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp08/22/2025signed chap.342

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 652--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 establishing a license to sell liquor on premises commonly known as a
 for-profit club

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 64-f to read as follows:
 3 § 64-f. License to sell liquor on premises commonly known as a for-
 4 profit club. 1. Any person may make an application to the state liquor
 5 authority to operate a "for-profit club" which is operated solely for a
 6 recreational, social, patriotic, political, benevolent, communal work-
 7 space, corporate dining space, or athletic purpose.
 8 2. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such
 9 information as shall be required by the liquor authority and shall be
 10 accompanied by a check or draft in the amount required by this article
 11 for such license. The fee for such license shall be twenty thousand
 12 dollars annually.
 13 3. Section fifty-four of this chapter shall control so far as applica-
 14 ble the procedure in connection with such application. For-profit clubs
 15 that apply for a license pursuant to this section are also authorized to
 16 apply for a temporary retail permit as provided for in section ninety-
 17 seven-a of this chapter.
 18 4. Such for-profit club license shall in form and in substance be a
 19 license to the person specifically licensed to operate a for-profit club
 20 and sell liquor at retail exclusively to members in good standing and
 21 their guests under the by-laws of the for-profit club to be consumed on

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00724-09-5

 S. 652--A 2

 1 the premises specifically licensed. Such license shall also be deemed to
 2 include a license to sell liquor, wine, beer, cider, mead and/or braggot
 3 at retail exclusively to members in good standing and their guests under
 4 the by-laws of the for-profit club to be consumed on the premises under
 5 the same terms and conditions, without the payment of any additional
 6 fee.
 7 5. (a) A license under this section sh