SB 531 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverages; modifying requirements for information to be submitted to the ABLE Commission; modifying grounds for refusal of certain licenses; modifying persons prohibited from taking certain action. Effective date.

SB 531 modifies Oklahoma's alcohol licensing rules by prohibiting common ownership between manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing alcohol businesses, unless permitted under the Oklahoma Constitution. It directly affects alcohol industry license holders who operate in multiple tiers of the supply chain. The bill clarifies that this ownership restriction applies specifically to applications submitted to the ABLE Commission. Key provisions adjust percentage thresholds (changing "more than 15%" to "15% or more") in licensing requirements but center on preventing consolidated ownership across industry tiers. The bill does not change licensing fees or existing constitutional exceptions.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 9, 2025
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Committee Substitute Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a Committee Substitute version to a Senate Floor version, with minor text corrections and formatting adjustments. The substantive policy content regarding alcoholic beverage licensing requirements remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated page numbering and version labels.

Minor text corrections in Section 2-143, including capitalization fixes (e.g., 'Certificate certificate' to 'A Certificate certificate') and removal of redundant line breaks.

Line numbering and page markers were updated to reflect the Senate Floor version format, though the underlying legislative text remains substantively identical.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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