Furnishing Alcohol to Minors

	Furnishing Alcohol to Minors	EXCEPTIONS
		Parent/Guardian	Legal-aged Spouse	Religious Services	Medical Treatment	Education
Alabama	√
Alaska30	√	√	√		√
Arizona	√
Arkansas31	√	√	√	√
California	√
Colorado	√
Connecticut	√	√	√		√
Delaware	√	√		√
District of Columbia	√
Florida	√					√
Georgia	√
Hawaii	√
Idaho	√
Illinois	√			√
Indiana	√
Iowa	√	√			√
Kansas32	√	√
Kentucky	√	√
Louisiana	√
Maine	√	√
Maryland	√
Massachusetts	√	√
Michigan	√
Minnesota	√	√
Mississippi	√
Missouri	√	√
Montana33	√	√		√	√
Nebraska	√
Nevada	√	√			√
New Hampshire	√
New Jersey	√
New Mexico	√	√
New York	√					√
North Carolina	√
North Dakota	√
Ohio	√	√	√	√	√
Oklahoma	√
Oregon	√	√
Pennsylvania	√			√
Rhode Island	√
South Carolina	√	√	√	√		√
South Dakota	√	√	√		√
Tennessee	√
Texas	√
Utah	√	√			√
Vermont	√
Virginia	√				√
Washington	√	√		√	√
West Virginia34	√	√	√
Wisconsin	√	√	√	√
Wyoming	√	√			√
State Totals	51	23	8	9	11	3

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³⁰Alaska's statute includes references to “legal spouse” rather than “legal-aged spouse.” The exceptions apply only off the licensed premises.

³¹Arkansas's statute refers to “family members” but does not specify which family members.

³²In Kansas, parents or legal guardians may provide only cereal malt beverage to their minor child or ward.

³³In Montana, §16-6-305 1(b) specifies that “a parent, guardian, or other person may not knowingly sell or otherwise provide an alcoholic beverage in an intoxicating quantity to a person under 21 years of age.” Section 16-6-305 1(c) defines “intoxicating quantity as “a quantity of an alcoholic beverage that is sufficient to produce: (i) a blood, breath, or urine alcohol concentration in excess of 0.05; or (ii) substantial or visible mental or physical impairment.”

³⁴In West Virginia, both §60-3-22a and §60-3A-24 state that “Any person who knowingly buys for, gives to or furnishes to anyone under the age of twenty-one to whom he or she is not related by blood or marriage any liquor from whatever source, is guilty of a misdemeanor….”