Bill is dead.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20100215_12_0_OKLAHO479131Senate panel kills expanded beer and wine sales plan in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY - A Senate panel on Monday killed a measure that would have allowed Tulsa and Oklahoma county grocery stores to sell wine and high-point beer. Senate Joint Resolution 62, by Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, would have put the measure to a vote of the people. Rice, Senate Democratic Minority Leader designate, said the measure's passage would generate economic development.
Rice said Oklahoma's liquor laws are antiquated. He said had the measure been placed on the ballot, he thought it would have passed. He said the Legislature says it is for a free market, but the Senate Business and Labor Committee still killed the bill.
Big grocery stores want to come into Oklahoma but don't because a significant portion of profits come from the sale of wine and high-point beer, Rice said. Sen. Dan Newberry, R-Tulsa, said the measure had a number of problems with it. He said he was concerned it could increase youth access to alcohol. Because the measure was killed in committee, it can't be inserted into another measure, Rice said.
Senators voting for the measure were: Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa; Rice; Steven Russell, R-Oklahoma City; and Harry Coates, R-Seminole.
Senators voting against it were: Newberry; Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso; Sean Burrage, D-Claremore; Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City; David Myers, R-Ponca City.
Brogdon said he thought the measure was discriminatory because it was limited to Oklahoma and Tulsa counties. "I don't understand why we have this archaic system," Adelson said. "This is an opportunity to join the other states finding that it might be good for commerce to introduce something called competition into a product like liquor".