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Retail Sales: Beverage Service Training and Related Practices
Laws specifying requirements or incentives for retail alcohol outlets to participate in server training programs (often referred to as Responsible Beverage Service).
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Only States for which the policy has changed are shown.
Each State has two or more rows.
The first row shows the policy at baseline.
Subsequent rows show each policy change (see Instructions Tab for an example).
See Jurisdiction or Row Notes for possible exceptions.
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| AZ | 1/1/2003 - 8/11/2005 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified |  2 citations
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| AZ | 8/12/2005 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | |  | | | Both | Unspecified | 4 citations
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| CA | 1/1/2003 - 12/15/2004 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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| CA | 12/16/2004 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Unspecified | 1 citation
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| CO | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2004 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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CO
Row Note
| Beginning on August 10, 2011, no person shall be employed to serve alcohol beverages or provide security within a "common consumption area," that is, an area designed as a common area in an "entertainment district" approved by the local licensing authority that uses physical barriers to close the area to motor vehicle traffic and limit pedestrian access, unless the server has completed the server and seller training program established by the director of liquor enforcement. An "entertainment district" is a designated area within a municipality with no more than 100 acres containing at least 20,000 feet of premises licensed as a tavern, hotel and restaurant, brew pub, retail gaming tavern, or vintner's restaurant when the district is created. Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 12-47-103, 12-47-909. |
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| 7/1/2004 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Unspecified | 3 citations
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| IN | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2005 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified | 4 citations
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| IN | 7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified | 8 citations
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| IN | 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2010 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 11 citations
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IN
Row Note
| Beverage service training requirements were suspended during the period beginning on July 1, 2010 and ending on May 1, 2011. See 2010 Ind. Acts 10, § 5. |
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| 7/1/2010 - 4/30/2011 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 citations
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| IN | 5/1/2011 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 10 citations
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| IA | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2011 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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IA
Row Note
| The mitigation of penalties incentive does not apply if a sale is made to a minor under the age of 18. |
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| 7/1/2011 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified | 5 citations
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| MT | 1/1/2003 - 9/30/2011 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 3 citations
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| MT | 10/1/2011 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 4 citations
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| MT | 10/1/2011 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 3 citations
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| NE | 1/1/2003 - 10/7/2007 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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| NE | 10/8/2007 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Unspecified | 6 citations
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| NV | 1/1/2003 - 6/16/2005 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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NV
Row Note
| Although the effective date of Nevada's enacting legislation establishing a beverage service training program was June 17, 2005 (see 2005 Nev. Stat. 497), by its terms the program will not be fully implemented and enforceable until July 1, 2007 (with a 30-day grace period). The applicability of Nevada's "alcoholic beverage awareness program" to on-sale retailers is limited to establishments located in a jurisdiction that: (a) is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more; or (b) is located in a county whose population is less than 100,000, if the governing body of the jurisdiction has, by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, agreed to be bound by the provisions of section 9 of the act. In addition, prior to July 1, 2011, the applicability to off-sale retailers was limited to establishments in counties whose populations were 400,000 or more. Beginning July 1, 2011 this applicability is limited to off-sale retail establishments in counties whose populations are 700,000 or more. |
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| 6/17/2005 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 5 citations
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| OH | 1/1/2003 - 4/6/2004 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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| OH | 4/7/2004 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified | 2 citations
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| RI | 1/1/2003 - 6/24/2004 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Unspecified | 2 citations
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RI
Row Note
Although the effective date of Rhode Island's enacting legislation establishing a mandatory beverage service training program was June 25, 2004 (see R.I. Gen. Laws § 3 -7-6.1), due to the subsequent amendments, the program did not become fully implemented and enforceable until April 1, 2006.
Note that prior to June 25, 2004, Rhode Island had only a voluntary beverage service training program. |
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| 6/25/2004 - 7/6/2005 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Existing | 3 citations
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| RI | 6/25/2004 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Unspecified | 6 citations
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RI
Row Note
Although the effective date of Rhode Island's enacting legislation establishing a mandatory beverage service training program was June 25, 2004 (see R.I. Gen. Laws § 3 -7-6.1), due to the subsequent amendments, the program did not become fully implemented and enforceable until April 1, 2006.
Note that prior to June 25, 2004, Rhode Island had only a voluntary beverage service training program. |
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| 7/7/2005 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Existing | 9 citations
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| SD | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2003 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 2 citations
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| SD | 7/1/2003 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 5 citations
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| TN | 1/1/2003 - 6/4/2006 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Both | 3 citations
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| TN | 6/5/2006 - 6/7/2010 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Both | 3 citations
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TN
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| Although the approval date of Tennessee's enacting legislation establishing a voluntary beverage service training program applicable to off-premises sale of beer was June 5, 2006, the program did not become fully implemented and enforceable until July 1, 2007. Note that prior to June 5, 2006, Tennessee had only a mandatory beverage service training program applicable to on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages. |
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| 6/5/2006 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Off-Premises | Unspecified | 16 citations
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| TN | 6/8/2010 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Both | 4 citations
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| UT | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2006 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | On-Premises | Both | 4 citations
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UT
Row Note
| In Utah, the Off-Premises Establishments subject to Mandatory training are "off-premise beer retailers." "Off-premise beer retailers" are licensed to sell "beer," which in Utah is any product that contains not more than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (ABW) and is obtained by fermentation, infusion, or decoction of any malted grain. |
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| 7/1/2006 - 1/1/2012 | Mandatory | | | | | | | | Both | Both | 11 citations
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| VA | 1/1/2003 - 6/30/2008 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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| VA | 7/1/2008 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Unspecified | Existing | 3 citations
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| WY | 1/1/2003 - 1/13/2004 | | | | | | | | | | | No Law
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| WY | 1/14/2004 - 1/1/2012 | Voluntary | | | | | | | | Both | Unspecified | 4 citations
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