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Florida lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday night to a bill that would make permanent a change allowing restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks with take-home meals.
Florida lawmakers pass ‘alcohol to go’
Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter
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TALLAHASSEE – Florida lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday night to a bill that would make permanent a change allowing restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks with take-home meals.
Gov. Ron DeSantis last spring issued an executive order that included so-called “alcohol to go” to help restaurants forced to scale back operations in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has endorsed making the rule permanent.
“Cheers, members,” Rep. Josie Tomkow, a Polk City Republican who helped spearhead the bill (SB 148), said Wednesday night before the House voted 111-1 to approve it.