NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A11564
SPONSOR: Rules (Stirpe) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation
statewide for a specific period of time; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow licensees to remain open for extended hours during the World
Cup.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subdivision 5 of section 106 of the alcoholic beverage
control law by authorizing on-premises licensees to remain open for
extended hours starting on June 11th, 2026 and ending on July 20th, 2026
unless they have specific stipulations on hours of operation on their
license.
Section 2: Adds effective date and repeal date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Allowing on-premises licensees to operate for extended hours during the
World Cup will support small business during a time when increased
demand is expected from fans participating in public watch parties and
outdoor experiences. This bill is also a way to ensure that fans can
participate in these experiences with the assurance that proper safe-
guards are in place for alcohol service.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Undetermined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed July 21, 2026.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
11564
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2026
___________
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stirpe) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing licensees to remain open for extended hours of operation
statewide for a specific period of time; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 106 of the alcoholic beverage
2 control law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, paragraph (a)
3 as amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 2024, paragraph (b) as amended
4 and paragraph (c) as added by section 1 of part FF of chapter 55 of the
5 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
6 5. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, offered for sale or given
7 away upon any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail
8 for on-premises consumption, during the following hours:
9 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, on
10 Sunday, from four ante meridiem to ten o'clock a.m., except pursuant to
11 a permit issued under section ninety-nine-h or subdivision five of
12 section ninety-seven of this chapter.
13 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, on any
14 other day between four ante meridiem and eight ante meridiem.
15 (c) On any day between three ante meridian and six ante meridian, for
16 a premises located within an international airport owned or operated by
17 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The provisions of this
18 paragraph shall not be subject to change pursuant to subdivision eleven
19 of section seventeen of this chapter.
20 Unless otherwise approved by the authority pursuant to subdivision
21 eleven of section seventeen of this chapter, where any rule has been
22 adopted in a county on or before April first, nineteen hundred ninety-
23 five, further restricting the hours of sale for alcoholic beverages,
24 such restricted hours shall be the hours, during which the sale of alco-
25 holic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption shall not be
26 permitted within such county; provided, however, that for the period
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15599-03-6
A. 11564 2
1 commencing on June eleventh, two thousand twenty-six and ending on July
2 twentieth, two thousand twenty-six, any on-premises consumption licensee
3 may sell or offer for sale alcoholic beverages in accordance with the
4 provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision notwithstanding
5 the fact that a county may have previously imposed more restrictive
6 hours of operation within the county. This change in hours shall not
7 apply in any case where the authority may have imposed more restrictive
8 hours as a condition of a license.
9 Nor shall any person be permitted to consume any alcoholic beverages
10 upon any such premises later than one-half hour after the start of the
11 prohibited hours of sale provided for in this section.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
13 deemed repealed July 21, 2026.
