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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah law already outlaws happy hours, but a proposed bill in the Utah Legislature would also eliminate all-day drink specials.
Republican Sen. John Valentine of Orem says Senate Bill 314 would ban bars from offering discounted drinks.
The bill could pass the Legislature on Wednesday.
State law doesn't permit bars to offer temporary specials because lawmakers say it encourages the overconsumption of alcohol. Valentine says a special offered all day can also encourage excessive drinking. Valentine says bars could still offer daily food specials.
The bill includes many other changes to Utah's liquor laws.
Single drinks could be served through hotel room service. Previously, only unopened bottles of wine or liquor were offered by room service.
It would increase the number of restaurant licenses, but not bar licenses.
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