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BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

SB 5072: Providing liquor to underage

Increasing the penalty for providing liquor to persons under age twenty-one.

Summary

  • It is a gross misdemeanor to give or supply liquor to a person under the age of 21. A person who allows a youth under the age of 21 to consume liquor on premises owned by the person or under his or her control is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5072), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 1997
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed SenateMar 12, 1997
  4. Passed Housestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced
January 14, 1997 in the Senate
Last action
February 25, 1998
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)

9 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Pam Roach R-31Darlene Fairley D-32Jim Hargrove D-24Mary Margaret Haugen D-10Calvin Goings D-25Bob McCaslin R-4Jeanine Long R-44Shirley Winsley R-28Bob Oke R-26

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 12, 1997
Version voted on: SB 5072
44 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 5 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat22001
Republican22004
How each member voted
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History

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SB 5072 in other sessions

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