WyomingAlcohol sellers keep skill games out of areas minors can enter
The law limits where businesses that sell alcohol for drinking there can place skill games and lets some other operators continue under time-limited exceptions.
What it does
At businesses that sell alcohol for drinking there, games can be placed only where alcohol is offered for sale and people under 21 cannot enter; operators must mark those areas as age-restricted.
Operators with games at ineligible locations before September 14, 2022 may continue if they meet other rules. Other operators who had games there before April 1, 2026 may continue only until their current permits expire.
Argument forKeeping games out of areas people under 21 can enter may make it harder for minors to access them.
Argument againstThe placement rules could require some businesses to move games from areas where people under 21 can go.
More detail
Operators at businesses licensed to sell alcohol for drinking there may place games only where alcohol is offered for sale. This applies to businesses licensed or permitted to sell alcoholic liquor or malt beverages for drinking on the premises. Operators must mark each area with a game as age-restricted. A game cannot be in an area a person under 21 may enter, and people under 21 cannot play. The act takes effect immediately after all steps required for it to become law are complete.
Some operators may continue to run games at places that do not meet the law’s definition of an eligible business. This applies to operators with games at places that do not meet the law’s definition of an eligible business. Operators with games at such a place before September 14, 2022 may continue if they meet the other requirements for operating a game. Other operators who had a game there before April 1, 2026 may continue under their existing permit until it expires. Except for the earlier exception, these places cannot renew a permit on or after April 1, 2026. Except for the earlier exception, ineligible locations cannot renew permits on or after April 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 6Assigned Chapter Number 52Latest
- Mar 6Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0039Became Law
- Mar 4H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0039
- Mar 4S President Signed SEA No. 0039
- Mar 3Assigned Number SEA No. 0039
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-2-5-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-2-5-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 2H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 27H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 26H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26H03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 23H Introduced and Referred to H03 - RevenueMinor
- Feb 21H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 20S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0Passed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 19S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 16S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-0-0-1. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 16S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-0-0-1Minor
- Feb 9S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 30-1-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 30-1-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Jan 14Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
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