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Senate Bill 247 passed both the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives with bipartisan support<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LANSING, Mich. (<\/span>July<\/span>\u00a019<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a02023) \u2014 Today,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Gov<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gretchen Whitmer<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Senate Bill 247<\/span><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 Sen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Sean McCann<\/strong>\u2019s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(D-Kalamazoo)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation to allow colleges and universities to apply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>liquor license<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0for not more than five locations where they would be eligible to sell alcoholic beverages.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI applaud the Governor for recognizing the inherent fairness issues contained in Senate Bill 247 and her signature on my legislation<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d\u202fSen<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>McCann<\/span><\/span>\u00a0said. \u201cIt is a basic issue of equality to patrons: why should VIPs get to enjoy the beverage of their choice and other attendees not?\u202fThis levels the playing field and will allow all patrons 21 and over at intercollegiate sporting events the ability to enjoy the event with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an alcoholic beverage if they choose to<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Michigan will now join\u00a0<\/span><\/span>11 of the 14 Big Ten schools\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allow the sale of alcohol, including Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Purdue, Penn State, Rutgers, Minnesota, Northwestern,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wisconsin<\/span>\u00a0and Iowa.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are incredibly grateful for Sen. McCann\u2019s efforts on getting this legislation passed in such an effective and quick manner,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dan Bartholomae<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics at Western Michigan University. \u201cWe heard from our fans that providing this additional experience at our athletic events is something that they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wanted<\/span>\u00a0and I am excited that the Board of Trustees acknowledged this and gave us the green light to proceed with the new licensing requirements included in this bill.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SB<\/span>\u00a0247<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would allow the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to issue no more than five tavern or class C licenses for scheduled events within the public area of a facility on university property that is customarily used for intercollegiate athletic events. The licenses could be used for no more than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>100 days<\/span>\u00a0per calendar year in aggregate for all licenses combined. The sale of alcohol would be limited to 1 hour before the event, ending no later than the conclusion of the event with all consumption to be concluded 30 minutes after the event has ended.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The bill would also allow for an additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five<\/span>\u00a0days per calendar year for events that are not athletic in nature hosted at these selected locations.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate Bill 247 passed both the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives with bipartisan support\u00a0 \u00a0 LANSING, Mich. (July\u00a019,\u00a02023) \u2014 Today,\u00a0Gov.\u00a0Gretchen Whitmer\u00a0signed\u00a0Senate Bill 247,\u00a0 Sen.\u00a0Sean McCann\u2019s\u00a0(D-Kalamazoo)\u00a0legislation to allow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\nGov. Whitmer Signs McCann Legislation to Allow Alcohol Sales at Collegiate Events\u00a0 - Senator Sean McCann<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gov. 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