Draft laws on alcohol sales in the Chamber of Deputies

Following a recent constitutional ruling in the Dominican Republic, two legislative bills have been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies to regulate the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages. The Chamber of Deputies received the proposed legislation less than a month after the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a previous executive decree that had established similar restrictions on alcohol sales.

The new bills aim to establish formal legal rules for the commercialization of alcohol via the legislative branch, filling the regulatory gap left by the invalidation of the earlier presidential decree. The legal actions highlight the ongoing transition from executive mandates to statutory legislation in governing alcohol distribution within the country.