A proposal allowing Utah restaurants to prepare alcoholic drinks in full view of customers is headed to Gov. Gary Herbert, who is expected to sign the measure.
Utah's House voted 53-17 to approve final changes to the measure Wednesday afternoon, minutes after the state Senate signed off on the measure.
The proposal would allow restaurants to stop using barriers, often a glass wall or back room, if they instead set up a child-free buffer zone around their bar. The zone would either be a 10 foot open area or a 5 foot area marked off by a structure such as a half-wall or railing.
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The barriers, nicknamed "Zion Curtains" as a reference to the teetotaling members Mormon church, have been around in some form for a decade.