RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- States including Virginia, Idaho and Wisconsin are taking fresh looks at prohibition-era laws restricting alcohol consumption.
Delegate Adam Ebbin of Virginia's General Assembly has proposed a bill that would overturn a 1934 law barring restaurants from mixing distilled spirits and wine, USA Today reported Friday.
"We have a lot of antiquated liquor laws in Virginia that don't seem to have a lot of purpose in modern society," Ebbin said.
Meanwhile, state legislators in Idaho introduced a bill last week that would counteract a 1939 law against selling distilled liquor on election days. State liquor chief Dyke Nally said the law costs Idaho $400,000 in sales every election day.
A Wisconsin Assembly committee approved a measure in December to repeal a 1933 law banning local elected officials from operating businesses that offer products or services to holders of liquor-licenses. State Rep. Louis Molepske said the law has forced at least four officials to resign, including Norm Barber, a Stevens Point councilman who has sold vacuum cleaners to bars and restaurants for 35 years.
