Prohibit New Liquor-Licensed Drug Stores

Updated version header from 'Rerevised' to 'Revised' and changed the description to indicate amendments were adopted on second reading in the Second House rather than adopted in the Second House.

Removed the '3rd Reading Unamended' stamp and date (April 1, 2025) from the House section, likely reflecting a procedural update in the bill's status.

Added page number and line number formatting elements to the document structure.

Added formal legislative headers including session information, bill numbers, and reading dates to clarify the bill's status and version history.

Updated effective date references and reading dates from February and March 2025 to April 2025 to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.

Clarified that independent pharmacies with licenses issued before January 1, 2025, may sell or transfer their licenses but cannot merge, convert, or change their location after the effective date.

Reorganized the bill structure to better present the prohibition on new licenses near existing liquor stores and the 8-license ownership cap for liquor-licensed drugstores.

Added a clear definition of 'independent pharmacy' to specify it must be privately owned by at least one licensed pharmacist with no chain or public ownership interest.

Corrected a population threshold from 'often thousand' to 'ten thousand' for municipalities contiguous to Denver, clarifying distance requirements for liquor stores near drugstores.

Added a specific reference to section 44-3-312 regarding consideration of neighborhood requirements and adult inhabitants' desires during license applications.

Fixed numerous typos and formatting errors throughout the bill text, including correcting 'rugstorc' to 'drugstore', 'aftci' to 'after', and 'oca ion' to 'location'.

Removed placeholder text and incomplete sections from the original draft that contained garbled text and formatting artifacts.

Added additional sponsors to the bill (representatives Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Lukens, Marshall, Mauro, Phillips, Sirota, Stewart K.) to the House sponsorship list.

Corrected the bill title and formatting from 'Reengrossed' to 'Signed Act' version, though the actual legislative text contains significant text corruption with garbled characters in several sections.

Removed bill summary section and page headers that were present in the reengrossed version but not needed in the final signed act.

Added six new Senate co-sponsors: Bridges, Catlin, Daugherty, Exum, Kipp, Mullica, Snyder, and Weissman to the existing list of Amabile, Roberts, and Simpson.

Added a note indicating the bill passed third reading unamended on February 20, 2025, with a reference to the Senate.

Changed the document title from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and updated the subtitle to reflect that amendments were adopted in the House of Introduction rather than on second reading in the House of Introduction.

Added 'Engrossed' status indicating the bill has passed the House of Introduction and includes all amendments adopted on second reading.

Added 'Appropriations' to the Senate Committees list, indicating this committee now reviews the bill.

Updated bill number formatting from 'LLS NO. 25-0138.01' to 'SENATE BILL 25-033' and adjusted page numbering.

Added amendment date 'February 19, 2025' and 'SENATE' designation to document metadata.