Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB4090: liquor licenses; issuance; prohibition
Status: In committee, February 11, 2026
HB4090 - liquor licenses; issuance; prohibition
What the bill says
An act amending section 4-203, arizona revised statutes; relating to liquor licenses.
From the introduced text, February 9, 2026:
AN ACT amending section 4-203, arizona revised statutes; relating to liquor licenses. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 4-203, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to issuance; transfer; reversion to state; tastings; rules; off-sale privileges; order requirements A. A spirituous liquor license shall be issued only after satisfactory showing of the capability, qualifications and reliability of the applicant and, with the exception of wholesaler, producer, government or club licenses, that the public convenience requires and that the best interest of the community will be substantially served by the issuance. If an application is filed for the issuance of a transferable or nontransferable license, other than for a craft distiller license, a microbrewery license or a farm winery license, for a location that on the date the application is filed has a valid license of the same series, or in the case of a restaurant license application filed for a location with a valid hotel-motel license, issued at that location, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the public convenience and best interest of the community at that location was established at the time the location was previously licensed. The presumption may be rebutted by competent contrary evidence. The presumption shall not apply once the licensed location has not been in use for more than one hundred eighty …
Sponsors
- Mae Peshlakai (D, HD-006) · primary sponsor
- Cavero, Junelle (D, HD-011)
- Contreras, Lupe (D, HD-022)
- Villegas, Betty J (D, HD-020)
Latest actions
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Assigned to Commerce
- : Introduced and first read
Common questions
- What is HB4090?
- HB4090 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): liquor licenses; issuance; prohibition.
- What does HB4090 do?
- In its own words: An act amending section 4-203, arizona revised statutes; relating to liquor licenses.
- What is the status of HB4090?
- In committee as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: Assigned to Rules (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB4090?
- Mae Peshlakai (D, HD-006), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB4090?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85612/?SessionId=130
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