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APIS Change Log

The APIS website is updated from time to time to add new material, enhance functionality, and clarify or correct information already available on the site. This page lists changes made since the launch of the website on June 23, 2003. Descriptions of these changes may be accessed by selecting a date from the “View Changes” menu.

View Changes

Material changes to the Web site have been made on the following dates:

Changes for: March 12, 2025

Additions and Enhancements

Update to 1/1/2024

The APIS information appearing on this website has been updated to include legislative and regulatory changes that took effect on or before 1/1/2024. Vehicular Insurance Exclusion has been discontinued and is not included in the update. For a summary of policy changes to Alcohol Policy Topics, see Policy Changes at a Glance.

 

Site Redesign

The website has been extensively redesigned to enhance user experience, improve usability, and increase mechanisms to review and utilize APIS data. Major improvements include the following:

  • New data visualizations for each policy topic, including opportunities for interactivity, longitudinal timelapse views of policies, and comparisons between alcohol consumption and alcohol policies;
  • A restructuring of the cannabis data from two volumes to seven distinct tables, with cannabis policies grouped by category;
  • The creation of state profiles, allowing users to look at all alcohol or cannabis policies by state;
  • The establishment of a state comparison tool, allowing users to select one or more states and one or more policies to create unique tables;
  • New presentation of resources, including an option to search and filter by resource type;
  • New presentation of relevant citations, including an option to search and filter by author, citation topic, and more;
  • Expanded resources that help measure the outcomes of implemented policy change;
  • Improved site navigability; and
  • New homepage and overall website design.

 

Corrections and Clarifications

Changes to data presented previously in the comparison tables in the APIS Policy Topics section of the website are listed below.

 

Changes to data presented previously in the comparison tables in the APIS Policy Topics section of the website.
Policy Topic Jurisdiction Changes
Drink Specials Utah Removed "[t]he status of Full Day Price Reductions is uncertain" in the Description column for the period beginning 1/1/2003.
Pregnancy & Alcohol: Priority Treatment Alabama Added coding for Pregnant Women, Women with Children, Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment, and Public and Private Provider Types for period beginning 3/1/2012.
Pregnancy & Drugs: Priority Treatment Alabama Added coding for Inpatient Treatment for period beginning 3/1/2012.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1 California Producer-level cultivation tax increased, beginning 1/1/2022; then, removed coding for producer-level cultivation tax, beginning 7/1/2022.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1 Colorado Added coding for Other in Products Permitted column, beginning 1/1/2020.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 1 New York Coding for Impaired Driving Prohibitions changed from “Adult: No specific prohibition” to “Adult: Prohibited - THC limit and evidentiary standard not specified,” beginning 3/31/2021.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2 California Coding for Home Delivery changed from “Allowed” to “Allowed with Restrictions,” beginning 12/7/2017.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2 Connecticut Under Health & Safety Warning Requirements, added coding for Impairment of Driving for the period beginning 10/16/2021; under Packaging Requirements, added coding for Tamper-Evident for the period beginning 10/16/2021; and under Open Container added coding for Prohibited for the period 7/1/2021 through 10/15/2021.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2 Illinois Under Packaging Requirements, added coding for Serving Size, beginning 6/25/2019.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2 New York Removed check mark for Vertical Integration “Prohibited” for the period beginning 3/31/2021, and added coding for Pesticides “Restricted” for the period beginning 8/16/2022.
Recreational Use of Cannabis: Volume 2 Oregon Coding for Serving Size added to Packaging Requirements, for period beginning 1/1/2022.