The Senate has voted 32-0 in favor of HB 450a, the bill to shift $1.5 million from alcoholic beverage license fees away from the state's general fund and into a new dedicated fund to pay for liquor license enforcement. Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, the bill's Senate sponsor, said, "In 1964 we had 10 enforcement officers and a population of about a million less. So now we've got one, and I think this is the right thing to do, and it's going to help out our communities." Sen. Denton Darrington, R-Declo, said, "Really, it's about time, and we are doing the right thing for the state of Idaho."

Because the bill was amended in the Senate, it still must go back to the House for concurrence in the amendments, which adjusted wording referring to the state budget process.