Brunch Bill

Restaurant Industry News,


The Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA) was instrumental in the passage of SB 17, also known as the Brunch Bill. After more than four years of working on this initiative with Georgia lawmakers, the bill passed out of the Senate on February 13, 2018 and passed out of the House on March 12, 2018.

Communities in Georgia can now choose if they would like to roll back Sunday on-premise consumption sales hours from 12:30PM to 11:00AM.

Any municipality that already has Sunday sales will need to have a ballot referendum to make the change, however, any community that does not have Sunday sales will be required to have two ballot referendums: 1) to vote 'Yes' or 'No' to implementing Sunday sales, and 2) to decide if their local time will be 11:00AM or remain at 12:30PM.


FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE BALLOT REFERENDUM LANGUAGE

"Shall the governing authority of [your municipality] be authorized to permit and regulate Sunday sales of distilled spirits or alcoholic beverages for beverage purposes by the drink from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.?"

YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE

Spread awareness about voting YES on the Brunch Bill by adding content to your social media channels or newsletters. Use the hashtag #GABrunchBill. Use this site to register to vote, check your registration status, make changes to your registration record or apply for an absentee ballot.

2020 VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND ELECTION DATES

RESTAURANTS

The GRA has created a toolkit for you to utilize in encouraging your patrons to vote YES. The toolkit contains social media sample posts, newsletter sample posts, graphics and more. Click to open the Brunch Bill Communications Toolkit.


Earlier Sunday Sales Referendum ('Brunch Bill') has PASSED in the Following Municipalities

**The effective date for 11:00AM Sunday alcohol sales in restaurants is determined by the local municipality.**

Acworth

Albany

Alpharetta

Athens-Clarke County

Atlanta

Austell

Avondale Estates

Baldwin County

Ball Ground

Berkeley Lake

Braselton

Brookhaven

Cairo

Calhoun County

Canton

Cartersville

Cedartown

Centerville

Chamblee

Chatham County

Chatsworth

Cherokee County

Clarkston

Clarkesville

Cleveland

Cobb County

College Park

Columbia County

Conyers

Cornelia

Covington

Cumming

Dallas

Decatur

Dacula

Dahlonega-Lumpkin County

DeKalb County

Dalton

Dougherty County

Douglas County

Douglasville

Dublin

Dunwoody

Duluth

Eatonton

Elberton

Emerson

Euharlee

Fayetteville

Flowery Branch

Forsyth County

Gainesville

Glynn County 

Gray

Grayson

Greene County

Grovetown

Gwinnett County

Hall County

Hampton

Hapeville

Harlem

Henry County

Hiram

Hiwassee 

Holly Springs

Jackson County

Jesup

Johns Creek

Kennesaw

Lafayette

Lawrenceville

Lee County

Lilburn

Locust Grove

Lumpkin County

Macon-Bibb County

Madison

Marietta

McDonough

McDuffie County 

Milledgeville

Milton