Article: Cole Wants to Classify 3.2 Beer as Alcohol

Journal Record Staff Reporter

Beer containing 3.2 percent alcohol would be viewed in the same class as alcoholic beverages if voters approved a resolution introduced Monday by state Sen. Helen Cole, R-Moore.

"My purpose is not to do away with beer, but to have some regulation for it, and you can't do that as long as that section is in the Constitution," she said.

The Oklahoma Constitution excludes "beer or cereal malt beverages containing not more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight" from regulation by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Alcohol Beverage Law Enforcement (ABLE) Commission.

Senate Joint Resolution 23, filed by Cole, calls for a statewide vote on ...

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