New law ends requirement for businesses to check ID before serving alcohol

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A new law removes the requirement for businesses to check ID before serving alcohol.

Odell's Law was named after a 90-year-old man who was denied a beer because he didn't have his ID. It eliminates the requirement for businesses to check ID before serving customers.

"I think it's time for government to have common sense and I think that's what this law is about," said Senator Darrell Weaver, one of the bill's authors. "They can have policy to say, we're going to identify everyone...