Bill > A01328

This bill establishes a new supermarket wine license in New York state that allows qualifying supermarkets to sell wine in sealed containers for off-premises consumption. To be eligible, a supermarket must be at least 4,000 square feet in total floor area and derive more than 65% of its total revenue from foodstuffs sales. The bill creates a new license type with a one-time franchise fee of $10,000 and an annual fee of 0.5% of wine sales (excluding New York state-produced wines). Supermarkets with this license can conduct wine tastings, and the license will run concurrently with their existing retail license. The bill also includes provisions allowing persons under 18 to handle and deliver wine under supervision and sets specific restrictions on license locations, such as prohibiting licenses within 200 feet of schools or churches and within 500 feet of existing liquor stores in certain population areas. Additionally, the bill preempts local governments from creating regulations that would make supermarket wine sales unreasonably impractical, while still allowing them to regulate the time, place, and manner of such sales.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1328