Arizona alcohol laws

What Arizona has enacted on alcohol, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Arizona is one of 47 states that enacted an alcohol law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
14bills in scope
Past committee
5past committee
Most recent action
13 June 2026most recent action

Alcohol laws enacted in Arizona

4 alcohol laws enacted in the Arizona Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • SB 1478liquor; policies; proceduresEnacted 29 May 2026

    What it requires: Producers of spirituous liquor must maintain detailed sales invoices and make them available to the department on request. Farm wineries, microbreweries, craft distillers, and direct shipment licensees must pay annual taxes on retail sales by the twentieth day of the first month following the tax year and file sworn returns showing sales amounts and taxes owed.

    Licensing and retail permits

  • SB 1467liquor; consumption; watercraftEnacted 2 May 2025

    What it requires: Holders of government licenses for dock and boat premises must ensure liquor is sold only with food, not served on docks, served only between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., limited to fifty ounces of beer, one liter of wine, or four ounces of distilled spirits per person per time, and boat pilots must have current coast guard operator's licenses or approved safety training.

    Licensing and retail permits

  • HB 2741liquor sampling; reporting; requirements.Enacted 18 April 2025

    What it requires: Liquor store and beer and wine store licensees with sampling privileges must keep open products locked when the sampling area is unstaffed, retain accurate records of sampling products dispensed, and report scheduled samplings to the department once every two weeks. Sampling is limited to three ounces of beer, one and one-half ounces of wine, or one ounce of distilled spirits per person per brand per day.

    Licensing and retail permits

  • HB 2905craft producer; festival; fair; licenseEnacted 1 April 2025

    What it requires: The director may issue craft producer festival licenses and craft producer fair licenses authorizing craft producers to sample and sell their products on festival or fair premises for on-site consumption and in original containers for off-premises consumption. Each craft producer may receive up to one hundred fifty calendar days annually of craft producer festival licenses.

    Licensing and retail permits

Alcohol in Arizona, by topic

Alcohol bills in Arizona

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

4Enacted

1Past committee

9Introduced or inactive

14 bills in scope

Past committee

1

HB 2411alcohol consumption; golf coursesPassed chamber

What it would do: Allows golf courses that are at least one thousand yards in size and hold on-sale liquor licenses to permit patrons to bring spirituous liquor purchased elsewhere onto the premises for consumption.

Introduced or inactive

9

HB 2624technical correction; liquor licensesIntroduced

What it would do: Corrects grammatical and technical language in Arizona Revised Statutes Section 4-204 regarding personal representatives and fiduciaries acting for liquor licensees, including changing "upon on receiving" to "upon receiving" and clarifying that subsection B applies only to administrators, executors, or guardians.

SB 1495liquor; liability; technical correctionIntroduced

What it would do: Amends Arizona law to clarify that a social host is not liable for injuries, deaths, or property damage caused by furnishing or serving spirituous liquor to a person of legal drinking age, excluding licensees and their employees.

HB 4090liquor licenses; issuance; prohibitionIn committee

What it would do: Prohibits the Department of Liquor and Cannabis Control from issuing available licenses under section 4-206.01, subsections B or C to locations in areas of land surrounded on all sides by Indian reservations, except at state land ingress and egress points.

SB 1812luxury tax; ready-to-drink spirits productIn committee

What it would do: Defines ready-to-drink spirits products as distilled spirits mixed with other beverages not exceeding ten percent alcohol by volume in containers of sixteen ounces or less, and imposes a tax of $1.50 per gallon on such products.

HB 2422weapons; permit; firearms safety trainingIn committee

What it would do: Amends Arizona law to require firearms safety training organizations to apply for department authorization and meet specified eight-hour training requirements covering legal issues, weapon care, mental conditioning, safe handling, marksmanship, and live firing under qualified instructor supervision.

SB 1556adult hemp beverages; policies; proceduresDead

What it would do: Establishes regulatory framework for adult hemp beverages under the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, defining them as beverages containing less than 30 milligrams per liter of total THC derived from industrial hemp, and requiring licensing for manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers with age restrictions to 21 and older.

HB 2328technical correction; liquor licensesIn committee

What it would do: Corrects grammatical and technical language in Arizona Revised Statutes Section 4-204 regarding personal representatives and fiduciaries acting for liquor licensees, including changing "upon on receiving" to "upon receiving" and clarifying that subsection B applies only to administrators, executors, or guardians.

HB 2747weapons; permit; firearms safety trainingIn committee

What it would do: Amends Arizona law to require firearms safety training organizations to apply for department authorization and meet specified eight-hour training requirements covering legal issues, weapon care, mental conditioning, safe handling, marksmanship, and live firing under qualified instructor supervision.

HB 2556liquor licenses; issuance; prohibitionIn committee

What it would do: Prohibits the Department of Liquor and Cannabis Control from issuing available licenses under section 4-206.01, subsections B or C to locations in areas of land surrounded on all sides by Indian reservations, except for state land ingress and egress points.

Bill titles link to the Arizona Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as alcohol legislation

In scope: Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery; three-tier, distribution and franchise; licensing and retail permits; excise taxes and fees; hemp and THC beverages; and underage sales and liability.

Questions

Does Arizona have an alcohol law?

Yes. Arizona enacted 4 alcohol laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 1478, SB 1467 and HB 2741. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which alcohol bills are moving in Arizona?

1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 2411 (passed chamber).

What does Arizona legislate on most in alcohol?

Licensing and retail permits (9 bills), Excise taxes and fees (1 bill) and Hemp and THC beverages (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Alcohol bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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