Texas warns Austin restaurants that their liquor licenses could be revoked for requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinationsSenate Bill 968, signed into law in June, allows the TABC and other agencies to revoke businesses' state licenses if they make vaccine proof a requirement of getting service.
BY FARAH ELTOHAMY AUG. 12, 2021UPDATED: 14 HOURS AGOA state law enacted in June prohibits businesses from asking for proof of COVID-19 vaccination, such as cards like these, from customers. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune
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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has warned two Austin restaurants that they could lose their liquor licenses for requiring their customers to provide proof of at least a first round of COVID-19 vaccinations before they would be served.
The two restaurants, Launderette and Fresa’s, were first alerted by the TABC on Wednesday that they were in violation of Senate Bill 968, which passed during this year’s regular legislative session.
A spokesperson for the TABC told The Texas Tribune in an email that neither of the restaurants’ owners were aware of the new law and that both immediately took steps to comply.
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