OKLAHOMA CITY - This session, Oklahoma legislators will probably okay a bill that would create a legislative task force to study potential changes in the state€™s liquor laws, KOTV reports.

Currently, grocery and convenience stores can only stock 3.2 beer, but consumers, retailers and other advocates have been pushing to allow those merchants to sell wine and strong beer. The proposal would be the first step to such a change.

Nearby Colorado also limits the locations that sell full-strength beer and wine, despite recent legislative attempts to change that. Kansas, too, is considering similar changes to its liquor laws.

The issue is top of mind for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. "We think it's time that Oklahoma look at moving into the next century with regard to its laws on wine and single-strength beer," said Mark VanLandingham, a lobbyist for the chamber.

Supporters like the chamber hope the current bill creating a task force will move the state toward loosening the restrictions on alcohol sales. "Let€™s make sure we understand what we're doing before we do it," said state Sen. Dan Newberry, who changed a proposal that would have given residents a chance to vote on the issue into a task force instead.

"It€™s much more complicated than just, 'Hey, we€™ll sell wine in grocery stores,€™" said Newberry.