Cocktails to Go – Implications of Assembly Bill 375

On June 9, 2025, Governor Joseph Lombardo signed into law Assembly Bill 375 (“AB 375”), which was introduced and approved during the 83rd (2025) Legislative Session. AB 375 revises certain provisions of Nevada’s laws governing alcoholic beverages, specifically Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) 369 and 597.

Known colloquially as “Cocktails to Go,” AB 375 authorizes local jurisdictions to enact ordinances approving a covered food establishment to sell at retail alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for consumption off the premises. Additionally, these covered food establishments may partner with delivery support services to deliver alcoholic beverages in sealed containers provided by the covered food establishment.

AB 375 defines covered food establishments as those establishments that (1) prepare and serve food for consumption on or off the premises and (2) are licensed to sell at retail alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

Importantly, while AB 375 allows for the retail delivery of alcoholic beverages, it still must be approved and authorized at the local level before any type of delivery service can be implemented. For example, Unincorporated Clark County has yet to approve such a delivery service.

Once authorized at the local level, in addition to compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, AB 375 requires the Department of Taxation to adopt regulations imposing a surcharge for each alcoholic beverage sold by a covered food establishment for off-premise consumption, including the delivery of such alcoholic beverage.

This surcharge is capped at a maximum of 50 cents for each alcoholic beverage sale pursuant to AB 375. The revenues collected from this surcharge are applied to costs accumulated by the Department of Taxation and to DUI intervention and prevention programs.

In addition to authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off-premises and delivery of such beverages, AB 375 also declared Picon Punch as the official state drink of the State of Nevada.