S 368 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Permits the sale of tonic water, bitters, and maraschino cherries at liquor stores

This bill permits liquor stores in New York to sell four specific non-alcoholic items: tonic water, bitters, maraschino cherries, and dealcoholized wine. It amends existing liquor store regulations to explicitly include these items in the list of products that can be sold without violating "engaging in another business" rules. The change clarifies that selling these items does not require separate licensing or disrupt current operations for licensed liquor stores. This is a technical update to existing law, not a new policy expansion.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Aug 10, 2026

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S368 → S368A · 3 edits

MINOR

The amended version (S 368-A) removes 'dealcoholized wine' from every reference in the bill, narrowing its scope to only tonic water, bitters, and maraschino cherries. The original bill would have both permitted liquor stores to sell dealcoholized wine and prohibited wholesalers from transporting or selling it; the amendment strips out that product entirely, leaving its legal status unchanged under existing law.

SCOPE

Dealcoholized wine was removed from the list of items that licensed liquor stores may sell without it constituting 'engaging in another business' under section 63 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

Dealcoholized wine was removed from the prohibition on liquor wholesalers transporting or selling such items, meaning wholesalers are no longer explicitly barred from handling dealcoholized wine under this act.

The bill's short title was changed to reflect that it now only covers tonic water, bitters, and maraschino cherries, dropping dealcoholized wine from the stated purpose.

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Aug 10, 2026

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PRINT NUMBER 368A

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Aug 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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Jan 7, 2026

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Jan 8, 2025

Committee

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