Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1748 By Senator Grall 29-00716-25 20251748__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to alcohol consumption; amending s. 3 561.706, F.S.; requiring the Division of Alcoholic 4 Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business 5 and Professional Regulation to consider a vendor’s use 6 of an electronic identification scanner in mitigation 7 of certain administrative penalties; amending s. 8 562.11, F.S.; authorizing the division to require a 9 vendor found to have violated certain provisions of 10 law to use an electronic identification scanner to 11 check driver licenses or identification cards to 12 verify the age of a person; creating s. 562.114, F.S.; 13 requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to 14 refer to the division all relevant reports of 15 investigations and arrests concerning drivers under 16 the influence of alcohol whose crashes contributed to 17 serious bodily injury or death; providing an effective 18 date. 19 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 22 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 561.706, Florida 23 Statutes, is amended to read: 24 561.706 Exemption from license suspension or revocation; 25 mitigation for certain beverage law violations; records of 26 arrests.— 27 (2)(a) The division shall consider qualification as a 28 responsible vendor in mitigation of administrative penalties for 29 an employee’s illegal sale or service of an alcoholic beverage 30 to a person who is not of lawful drinking age and if the vendor 31 has administered the applicable courses for controlled 32 substances, for an employee’s engaging in the illegal sale, use 33 of, or trafficking in controlled substances. 34 (b) The division shall consider the vendor’s use of an 35 electronic identification scanner to check the driver license or 36 identification card of a person and verify his or her age in 37 mitigation of administrative penalties for an employee’s illegal 38 sale or service of an alcoholic beverage to a person who is not 39 of lawful drinking age. 40 Section 2. Subsection (5) is added to section 562.11, 41 Florida Statutes, to read: 42 562.11 Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to 43 person under age 21; providing a proper name; misrepresenting or 44 misstating age or age of another to induce licensee to serve 45 alcoholic beverages to person under 21; penalties.— 46 (5) In addition to any other penalty authorized under the 47 Beverage Law, the division may require a vendor found to have 48 violated paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b) to use an 49 electronic identification scanner to check the driver license or 50 identification card of a person and verify his or her age. 51 Section 3. Section 562.114, Florida Statutes, is created to 52 read: 53 562.114 State and local law enforcement reporting 54 requirement.—State and local law enforcement agencies shall 55 refer to the division all relevant reports of investigations and 56 arrests concerning the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash 57 on public or private property while driving under the influence 58 of alcoholic beverages which contributed in whole or in part to 59 serious bodily injury or the death of a person. 60 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.