Draft laws on alcohol sales in the Chamber of Deputies

Following a recent ruling by the Constitutional Court that declared unconstitutional the executive decree restricting the sale of alcoholic beverages, two new legislative bills have been submitted to the Chamber of Deputies in the Dominican Republic. The newly introduced proposals aim to establish formal, statutory rules governing the commercialization and sale of alcohol through the legislative process.

This legislative action comes less than a month after the constitutional court's decision struck down the previous executive restrictions, creating a regulatory vacuum that the proposed bills seek to address. The introduction of these measures in the Chamber of Deputies represents a shift from executive decree to formal law in the ongoing effort to regulate the country's alcohol market.