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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma HB 1381 regulates mixed beverage tasting, ABLE annual reports, and brewer-wholesaler delivery rules
Last action · May 14, 2026: Fourth Reading rescindedSponsor: Julie Daniels
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What This Bill Would Do
Oklahoma House Bill 1381 allows es to offer daily complimentary tastings, requires the ABLE Commission to publish an annual enforcement report by February 28, and prohibits brewers and manufacturers from forcing distributors or wholesalers to accept unordered deliveries or unrelated goods. The act takes effect on November 1, 2026.
The measure establishes new compliance and reporting standards for Oklahoma's alcohol industry, altering delivery obligations for distributors and transparency requirements for regulators. Licensed mixed beverage operators gain the authority to offer limited complimentary samples, while wholesalers and distributors receive statutory protections against mandatory tie-in purchases and unrequested stock.
- The ABLE Commission is the primary state regulatory agency tasked with supervising and enforcing Oklahoma's alcoholic beverage laws and licensing provisions. context
- Oklahoma's three-tier system separates manufacturing, wholesaling, and retail operations within the alcoholic beverage industry. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Mixed beverage licensees
Mixed beverage license holders gain explicit authority to offer daily complimentary tastings and are subject to new operational rules regarding motion picture theater wristbands and club suite alcohol storage.
Licensed distributors
Licensed distributors gain the right to refuse unordered beer deliveries from brewers without facing penalty or retaliation.
Wine and spirits wholesalers
Wholesalers are protected from forced tie-in purchases of merchandise and unordered deliveries, and gain authorization to ship short-supply products non-sequentially.
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission
The ABLE Commission must compile and publish a detailed annual enforcement report by February 28 and update short-supply product lists on its website every thirty days.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the maximum size of a complimentary tasting a mixed beverage licensee can provide?
Can a brewer force a distributor to accept beer shipments that were never ordered?
What happens if a manufacturer forces a wine and spirits wholesaler to buy extra merchandise in order to purchase alcohol?
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Procedural history
26 actions- May 14, 2026HouseFourth Reading rescinded
- May 5, 2026HouseFourth Reading, Measure failed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 58
- May 5, 2026HouseFloorSA's read, adopted
- Apr 29, 2026HouseSA's received
- Apr 29, 2026SenateEngrossed to House
- Apr 29, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred for engrossment
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- Apr 29, 2026SenateFloorMeasure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7
- Apr 29, 2026SenateGeneral Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- Apr 15, 2026SenateCoauthored by Senator Daniels
- Apr 15, 2026SenateRemove as author Senator Daniels; authored by Senator Murdock
- Apr 29, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 24, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
- Apr 16, 2025Senateremove as principal author Representative Dempsey and substitute with Representative Moore
- Apr 1, 2025SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Business and Insurance
- Mar 17, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 17, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 13, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0
- Mar 13, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- Feb 27, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- Feb 27, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
- Feb 5, 2025HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Dempsey
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Expanded Regulatory Transparency
HB 1381 imposes strict reporting mandates on the ABLE Commission, requiring public online disclosure of complaints, ticket counts, and disciplinary actions by February 28 annually.
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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