- Introduced -

SB 700 - This act addresses "dram shop" liability. The act finds that the consumption of intoxicating beverages, rather than the sale or serving of such beverages, is the proximate cause of any injury inflicted by an intoxicated person. No person licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink, or any agent or employee of such person, or any social host, who lawfully sells or serves intoxicating liquors shall be liable to any person for any injury suffered off the licensed premises due to intoxication. No social host who owns or leases a premises on which intoxicating liquors are consumed, in the absence and without consent of the host, shall be liable for injuries caused by an intoxicated person.

This act is similar to SBs 453 & 248 (2001).

CINDY KADLEC