By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1518          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;   May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &   Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the hours for selling alcoholic beverages in certain   establishments.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 105.01(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided in Sections 105.02, 105.03, 105.04,   [and] 105.08, and 105.091, no person may sell, offer for sale, or   deliver any liquor:                (1)  on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas   Day;                (2)  on Sunday; or                (3)  before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on any other day.          SECTION 2.  Section 105.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection   (f) to read as follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] a standard   hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he] consumes   or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage in a   public place at any time on Sunday between 1:15 a.m. and 12 noon or   on any other day between 12:15 a.m. and 7 a.m.          (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), in [In] an   extended hours area, a person commits an offense if the person [he]   consumes or possesses with intent to consume an alcoholic beverage   in a public place at any time on Sunday between 2:15 a.m. and 12 noon   and on any other day between 2:15 a.m. and 7 a.m.          (f)  A person who is a registered guest of a hotel may consume   or possess alcoholic beverages in the hotel bar, as defined by   Section 105.091, at any time.          SECTION 3.  Chapter 105, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended   by adding Section 105.091 to read as follows:          Sec. 105.091.  HOURS OF SALE; HOTEL BAR. (a)  In this   section, "hotel bar" means an establishment that is located in a   hotel and holds a permit or license providing for the on-premises   consumption of alcoholic beverages.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a hotel bar may sell or   offer for sale alcoholic beverages at any time to a registered guest   of the hotel.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *