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CS/HB 1165: Beverage Law

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Raschein ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Mariano ; Sabatini

Beverage Law; Authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco to issue licenses to certain craft distilleries; provides requirements for licensed vendor premises; repeals provisions relating to limitations on size of individual wine containers & individual cider containers; revises provisions that authorize restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from restaurant for off-premises consumption; revises requirements for sale of branded products by licensed craft distillery to consumers; authorizes certain licensed vendors of alcoholic beverages to allow dogs in certain designated areas on their licensed premises; authorizes craft distillery to conduct specified tastings on licensed premises.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/8/2020 House • Filed
    1/13/2020 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 103
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 103
    1/24/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
    1/28/2020 House • Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 -HJ 449
    • Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 449
    1/31/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
    2/4/2020 House • Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 -HJ 505
    • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 505
    2/25/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
    2/27/2020 House • CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 11 -HJ 694
    2/28/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    3/2/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 693
    • CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 689
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/HB 1165, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2020 at 5:41 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (8)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 481 Malt Beverages Mariano Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Commerce Committee
    H 583 Beverage Law Sabatini Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Commerce Committee
    H 1153 (c1) Beverage Law DiCeglie Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Commerce Committee
    H 6037 Individual Wine Containers LaMarca Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    S 138 Beverage Law Hutson Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    S 482 Beverage Law Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    S 900 Malt Beverages Stargel Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Commerce and Tourism
    S 1584 Beverage Law Perry Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    561.221 Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and limitations. Page 5 (pdf)
    561.24 Licensing manufacturers as distributors or registered exporters prohibited; procedure for issuance and renewal of distributors’ licenses and exporters’ registrations. Page 6 (pdf)
    561.42 Tied house evil; financial aid and assistance to vendor by manufacturer, distributor, importer, primary American source of supply, brand owner or registrant, or any broker, sales agent, or sales person thereof, prohibited; procedure for enforcement; Page 6 (pdf)
    562.65 Page 17 (pdf)
    563.061 Page 18 (pdf)
    564.05 Limitation of size of individual wine containers; penalty. Page 24 (pdf)
    564.055 Cider containers. Page 24 (pdf)
    564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine. Page 24 (pdf)
    565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor licenses and fees; distilleries and craft distilleries. Page 25 (pdf)
    565.17 Beverage tastings by distributors and vendors. Page 29 (pdf)

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  • HB 1165, Original Filed Version Posted 1/8/2020 at 11:06 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2020 (pdf)
    Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)
    Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/28/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 583 Beverage Law Sabatini Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Commerce Committee
    H 6037 Individual Wine Containers LaMarca Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    S 138 Beverage Law Hutson Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    S 482 Beverage Law Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    561.221 Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and limitations. Page 3 (pdf)
    561.24 Licensing manufacturers as distributors or registered exporters prohibited; procedure for issuance and renewal of distributors’ licenses and exporters’ registrations. Page 4 (pdf)
    562.65 Page 4 (pdf)
    564.05 Limitation of size of individual wine containers; penalty. Page 5 (pdf)
    564.055 Cider containers. Page 5 (pdf)
    564.09 Restaurants; off-premises consumption of wine. Page 6 (pdf)
    565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor licenses and fees; distilleries and craft distilleries. Page 6 (pdf)
    565.17 Beverage tastings by distributors and vendors. Page 10 (pdf)

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