All Roll Calls
Yes: 121 • No: 7
ArizonaSB 1478Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular SessionSenateWALLET
liquor; policies; procedures
Sponsored By: Shawnna Bolick (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Space Force service counts as veteran status
People who served in the United States Space Force and received a discharge other than dishonorable now count as veterans under Arizona liquor law. The law does not name a specific benefit or license preference.
Teens can work making liquor
A person under 18 can work for an Arizona liquor licensee making spirituous liquor. The law still bars employing a person under 18 to sell or dispose of spirituous liquor.
Arizona wineries get clearer wine labels
Arizona-licensed farm wineries and producers can use listed wine designations when they meet the applicable rules. For a federally recognized Arizona viticultural-area label, at least 85% of the wine must come from fruit grown in that area. The wine must also be fermented, processed, bottled, and labeled in Arizona.
Lower fees and interim liquor permits
The department can no longer charge application or annual fees for certain liquor-license leases. It can issue interim permits at premises where a prior license expired, ended, was canceled, or was unused, even if that license was nontransferable or unused during the past three years. The applicant must seek the same license type at the same premises. The law also repeals a liquor statute, but the supplied text does not explain its former rule.
Some liquor business workers count differently
People who are only at a licensed business to perform music, make repairs, maintain the premises, or deliver goods do not count as employees under this liquor-law definition. This narrows which people are counted for rules that use the definition.
New rules for restaurant cocktail delivery
Restaurants need permits under two specified liquor-law sections to offer mixed cocktails for delivery with menu food. Cocktails for off-premises use must be made at the restaurant, sealed against tampering, labeled with a warning and the restaurant’s name or logo, and put in containers of 32 ounces or less. The law removes the option to lease this privilege.
New tax rules for liquor producers
Arizona changes which drinks count as malt or vinous liquor for state luxury-tax purposes. Covered vinous liquor can contain no more than 24% alcohol, and cider is excluded from that category. Producers making covered retail sales must add the tax to the sale price, file returns, and pay on the required schedule. Producers selling liquor to Arizona wholesalers must keep invoices and provide them to the Department of Revenue when asked. The law does not state tax rates or how much anyone’s tax may change.
New rules for alcohol product categories
Arizona now treats qualifying cider with more than 0.5% and up to 8.5% alcohol as liquor. The law also changes which drinks count as distilled or spirituous liquor and when a liquor package counts as broken. Some products, including federally qualified nonbeverage products, are excluded from liquor-law rules. Alcohol or liquor containing marijuana does not qualify for the medicinal-purpose exemption.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Shawnna Bolick
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/26/2026
Final Reading: Passed
Yes: 23 • No: 3
Senate vote • 5/26/2026
Concurrence: Passed
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 5/5/2026
Third Reading: Passed
Yes: 51 • No: 0
House vote • 3/23/2026
Rules: C&P
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 3/17/2026
Commerce: DP
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Third Reading: Passed
Yes: 22 • No: 4
Senate vote • 2/11/2026
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency: DPA
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor
5/29/2026GovernorFinal Reading: Passed
5/26/2026SenateConcurrence: Passed
5/26/2026SenateThird Reading: Passed
5/5/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole: do pass amended
4/7/2026HouseRules: C&P
3/23/2026HouseCommerce: DP
3/17/2026HouseHouse Second Reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse First Reading
3/3/2026HouseThird Reading: Passed
2/25/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole: do pass amended
2/25/2026SenateRules: PFC
2/16/2026SenateRegulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency: DPA
2/11/2026SenateSenate Second Reading
2/2/2026SenateSenate First Reading
1/29/2026Senate
Bill Text
Chaptered Version
House Engrossed Version (05/05/2026)
Introduced Version
Senate Engrossed Version (02/25/2026)