North Carolina HB 921: ABC and Gaming Omnibus Bill.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 921
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/19/26

Short Title: ABC & Gaming Omnibus Bill. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 14, 2025
*H921-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE ALCOHOL LAWS OF THIS STATE, 2
TO REVISE THE LAW GOVERNING GAME NIGHTS, AND TO REMOVE THE 3
LIMITATIONS ON RAFFLES FOR 50/50 RAFFLES CONDUCTED BY NONPROFIT 4
ORGANIZATIONS OR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
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REVISE LAW GOVERNING DISPLAY OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR DISTILLED OR 8
PRODUCED IN NORTH CAROLINA 9
SECTION 1. G.S. 18B-800(e) reads as rewritten: 10
"(e) Each ABC store shall display spirits which are distilled or produced in North Carolina 11
in an area dedicated solely to North Carolina products.products or otherwise in the store so long 12
as the product is identified as a North Carolina product by a price tag or shelf tag." 13
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MODIFY MOBILE BAR SERVICES PERMIT 15
SECTION 2. G.S. 18B-1001(12a) reads as rewritten: 16
"(12a) Mobile Bar Services Permit. – A mobile bar services permit may be issued to 17
a business that provides bartending services for events. The permit authorizes 18
the permittee to (i) bring malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and 19
spirituous liquor onto the premises of a business that is not an ABC permittee 20
and to serve the alcoholic beverages to guests at the event. event and (ii) serve 21
alcoholic beverages to guests at an event occurring on premises owned or 22
possessed by the holder of the permit. The permittee may purchase malt 23
beverages and unfortified wine from either a retailer or a wholesaler. only 24
from a retailer. The permittee may purchase fortified wine and spirituous 25
liquor only from either an ABC store or a wholesaler. The an ABC store. If 26
the permittee serves spirituous liquor, it shall purchase only be spirituous 27
liquor purchased from an ABC store that is designated as a mixed beverage 28
ABC store operated by any local board operating in the same county where 29
the permittee's principal office is located. The permittee may not store and 30
serve alcoholic beverages pursuant to a mobile bar services permit on the 31
premises of any location owned or possessed by the permittee. The permittee 32
shall notify the Commission, in writing, of the location of any event where the 33
permittee will serve alcoholic beverages not less than one week before the 34
event and event. If an event takes place on premises not owned or possessed 35
by the permittee, the permittee shall have the permission of the owner or 36

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possessor of the property on which the event is to be held. Any person serving 1
alcoholic beverages at the event shall be at least 21 years of age. Alcoholic If 2
the event takes place on premises not owned or possessed by the permittee, 3
alcoholic beverages may be transported by the mobile bar services permit 4
holder to the premises of the event no earlier than 8:00 A.M. At A.M. on the 5
day of the event, and, at the conclusion of the event, all alcoholic beverages 6
must be removed from the premises no later than 12:00 noon of the following 7
day. A limited special occasion permit shall not be required for an event at 8
which alcoholic beverages are exclusively provided by the holder of a mobile 9
bar services permit. The holder of a mobile bar services permit may bring 10
alcoholic beverages onto the premises and serve the alcoholic beverages at an 11
event regardless of whether there is a charge or fee for guests to attend the 12
event. This permit does not allow the retail sale of individual alcoholic 13
beverages to guests at an event. A permittee shall not sell tickets or charge 14
individuals for entry to any event at which the permittee is providing mobile 15
bar services." 16
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TOWN OF ANGIER ABC BOARD DISTRIBUTIONS 18
SECTION 3.(a) Section 6 of Chapter 626, Session Laws of 1969, as amended by 19
Chapter 144, Session Laws of 1971, reads as rewritten: 20
"Sec. 6. The net profits, as determined by quarterly audit, shall be distributed and used as 21
follows: 22
1. Ten per cent (10%) of the net profit shall be paid to the Angier Community 23
Library.allocated to recreation programs within the town limits of the Town of Angier. 24
2. Ten per cent (10%) of the net profit may be used by the town Alcoholic Control 25
Board, in its discretion, for educational programs as to the effect of the use of alcoholic beverages 26
and for the rehabilitation of alcoholics. Whenever a person becomes an inebriate from the use of 27
alcoholic beverages and has been committed by the Clerk of Court of Harnett County, as provided 28
in G.S. 35-2, and such person is indigent so that expenses of his care and cure shall constitute a 29
valid charge against the county, as provided in G.S. 35-2, the town Alcoholic Control Board shall 30
pay to the county such cha