Overview
- Governor Kay Ivey released ABC Administrator Curtis Stewart’s letter and endorsed immediate actions the board can take without new laws.
- Stewart proposed banning package stores in entertainment districts from selling items that enable public drinking, such as cups and ice.
- He also urged limiting how much alcohol special retail licensees can sell for off‑premises consumption in those areas.
- Stewart recommended that lawmakers weigh minors’ curfews in entertainment districts, curbs on alcohol giveaways at large public events by public entities, and authority to suspend or terminate unsafe districts.
- The policy push follows the Oct. 4 shooting that killed two and wounded 12; four suspects are charged, one was released on bond, and officials are pressing to expand Aniah’s Law with a May vote to add attempted murder.