SALT LAKE CITY – Oklahoma voters approved a ballot measure to allow grocery and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The amendment will go into effect Oct. 1, 2018.

The change reduces states restricting the sale of full-strength beer to three: Utah, Minnesota and Kansas. Those states allow 3.2% beer by weight to be sold in convenience stores and supermarkets, and only liquor stores can carry full-strength beer and wine, along with spirits. Colorado changed its liquor laws earlier this year to allow stronger beer in grocery stores starting Jan. 1, 2019.

With the market for 3.2% beer dropping, brewing companies might stop making it because “there won't be that much beer consumed under the 3.2 label,” said Jim Olsen, president of the Utah Beer Wholesalers Association. He doesn’t think 3.2 beer will disappear completely, but the selection will decrease significantly.

Utah retailers and beer wholesalers have been pushing to change state law to permit the sale of full-strength beer at supermarkets and convenience stores, but lawmakers haven’t been eager to take up the fight.

For now, Anheuser-Busch has indicated it will continue producing 3.2 beer. “Ultimately, our focus is on the customer and we are prepared to continue to provide Utah beer drinkers with the products they demand,” said a company spokeswoman in a statement.