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S 3274 NY
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Authorizes special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 24, 2025

Latest action (May 6, 2026) REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Summary

New York S 3274 amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to authorize special permits for bars and restaurants holding retail on-premises licenses. The bill allows these establishments to obtain special permits specifically to serve alcoholic beverages on the morning of January 1st between 4 a.m. (or the locally required closing time, whichever is later) and 8 a.m. The fee for such a special permit is $51 per day. The bill takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

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Authorizes special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning.

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1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (16)

  1. Jan 24, 2025 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
  2. Feb 3, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.250 · upper
  3. Feb 4, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. Feb 5, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. Feb 25, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. Feb 25, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. Feb 25, 2025 REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · lower
  8. Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
  11. Apr 20, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.713 · upper
  12. Apr 21, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  13. Apr 22, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  14. May 6, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  15. May 6, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  16. May 6, 2026 REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · lower

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S03274 Summary: BILL NO S03274 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR COONEY &nbsp COSPNSR WEBB &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §99, ABC L &nbsp Authorizes special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

3274

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

January 24, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sens. COONEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to authorizing special permits to remain open during certain hours of the morning

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 99 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by section 22 of part Z of chapter 85 of the 3 laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. Any person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on 5 the premises pursuant to this chapter may apply to the liquor authority 6 for a special permit [ to remain open on any week day between the hours 7 of four o'clock a.m. or the closing hour prescribed by a rule adopted in 8 a county on or before April first, nineteen hundred ninety-five or 9 pursuant to subdivision eleven of section seventeen of this chapter, and 10 eight o'clock a.m ]. A permit issued under this section shall authorize 11 the holder of a retail on-premises license to sell or serve alcoholic 12 beverages for consumption on the premises on the morning of January 13 first between four o'clock a.m. or such other hour that the sale of 14 alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption must cease in the commu- 15 nity in which the licensed premises is located, and eight o'clock a.m. 16 The fee for such permit shall be fifty-one dollars per day. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 19 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 20 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 21 on or before such effective date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03171-01-5

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