{"id":20339,"date":"2019-02-01T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pintailcos.com\/state-legislature-may-lift-ban-on-sunday-liquor-sales\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T09:00:53","slug":"state-legislature-may-lift-ban-on-sunday-liquor-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pintailcos.com\/web\/state-legislature-may-lift-ban-on-sunday-liquor-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"State Legislature May Lift Ban on Sunday Liquor Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"Buying liquor in the Lone Star State on Sundays has been illegal since 1935, when the Texas Liquor Control Act was passed in response to the repeal of Prohibition. But, that could all change in just a few months if House Bill 1100 passes.\nThe bill, introduced in the House by State Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, would not only allow liquor sales on Sunday, but also extend store hours Monday through Saturday. Currently, liquor stores are legally allowed to operate only from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The new legislation would expand that by two hours.\nIf the bill passes, the law would take effect on Sept. 1.\n\u201cAllowing Sunday sales in Texas is long overdue. I\u2019ve heard from many constituents \u2014 including small business owners \u2014 who have asked me to file this bill to let the free market be free,\u201d Raymond said in a news release about the bill. \u201cNow is the time for Texas to repeal this outdated law.\u201d\nTexas is one of only a handful of states that doesn\u2019t allow liquor sales on Sunday. Forty-two states allow the selling of spirits on Sunday, and most of those that don\u2019t still allow beer and wine sales.\nThe distilled spirits industry employs more than 82,000 people in Texas, and accounts for $7.5 million of the state\u2019s gross domestic product, according to the Distilled Spirits Council. Unsurprisingly, the organization supports HB 1100.\nRead More at Dallas Morning News\nRead More at Austin 360\nConnect With State Rep. Raymond\nSubscribe to Connect Daily Texas \nFor questions, comments or concerns, please contact Jennifer Duell Popovec\nThe post State Legislature May Lift Ban on Sunday Liquor Sales appeared first on Connect Media.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buying liquor in the Lone Star State on Sundays has been illegal since 1935, when the Texas Liquor Control Act was passed in response to the repeal of Prohibition. But, that could all change in just a few months if House Bill 1100 passes. The bill, introduced in the House by State Rep. Richard Pena […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t