The Florida Senate

CS/HB 301: Alcoholic Beverages

GENERAL BILL by Regulatory Affairs Committee ; Sprowls ; Young ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Burgess ; Cruz ; Dudley ; Mayfield ; Perry ; Renner

Alcoholic Beverages; Prohibits electronic benefits transfer cards from being used or accepted to purchase alcoholic beverage; provides requirements for licensed manufacturers of malt beverages to sell such beverages directly to consumers; provides requirements for vendor's licenses for licensed manufacturers; revises requirements for promotional displays & advertising; revises restrictions on vehicle required for use by vendor who transports alcoholic beverages; defines & provides requirements for growlers; authorizes licensed manufacturer, distributor, or importer of malt beverages, or contracted third-party agent thereof, to conduct malt beverage tasting; requires DOT to install certain directional signs at specified locations upon request of licensed craft brewery/distillery; revises limitation on number of containers that may be sold to consumers by craft distilleries; prohibits craft distillery from shipping or arranging to ship its distilled spirits to consumers; limits sale & delivery of distilled spirits; revises restriction on certain craft distillery ownership.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (3)
• Bill Text (2)
• Amendments (0)
• Analyses (3)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (12)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/16/2015	House	• Filed
1/28/2015	House	• Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 28
2/11/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/18/15, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
2/18/2015	House	• Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 135
2/19/2015	House	• Now in Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 135
3/3/2015	House	• Introduced -HJ 28
3/20/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/24/15, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
3/24/2015	House	• Favorable by Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -HJ 304 • Now in Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 304
4/7/2015	House	• PCS on Committee agenda-- Regulatory Affairs Committee, 04/09/15, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall --Temporarily postponed
4/10/2015	House	• PCS on Committee agenda-- Regulatory Affairs Committee, 04/14/15, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
4/14/2015	House	• CS by- Regulatory Affairs Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 593
4/17/2015	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
4/20/2015	House	• CS by Regulatory Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 590
4/21/2015	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 638 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15
4/23/2015	House	• Substituted CS/CS/SB 186 -HJ 746 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 186 (Ch. 2015-12), CS/CS/SB 596 (Ch. 2015-52) -HJ 746

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 186 (er)	Alcoholic Beverages	Latvala	Similar	Last Action: 5/15/2015 Chapter No. 2015-12, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 596 (Ch. 2015-52) Location: Became Law
H 107 (c2)	Alcoholic Beverages	Steube	Compare	Last Action: 4/14/2015 H Unfavorable by Regulatory Affairs Committee, laid on Table; YEAS 6 NAYS 10, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 186 (Ch. 2015-12) -HJ 593 Location: Laid on Table
S 596 (er)	Craft Distilleries	Hays	Compare	Last Action: 5/22/2015 Chapter No. 2015-52, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 186 (Ch. 2015-12) Location: Became Law

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 301 Filed	1/16/2015 8:15 AM	PDF
H 301 c1	4/17/2015 5:10 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

No Committee Amendments Available

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 301	Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	6/3/2015 1:04 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 301	Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	3/24/2015 8:26 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 301	Regulatory Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting)	4/17/2015 4:42 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (12)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
402.82	Electronic benefits transfer program.	Page 3 (pdf)
561.221	Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and limitations.	Page 3 (pdf)
561.32	Transfer of licenses; change of officers or directors; transfer of interest.	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 7 (pdf)
561.5101	Come-to-rest requirement; exceptions; penalties.	Page 10 (pdf)
561.57	Deliveries by licensees.	Page 10 (pdf)
562.07	Illegal transportation of beverages.	Page 12 (pdf)
562.34	Containers; seizure and forfeiture.	Page 13 (pdf)
563.06	Malt beverages; imprint on individual container; size of containers; exemptions.	Page 14 (pdf)
563.09		Page 16 (pdf)
563.10		Page 18 (pdf)
565.03	License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor licenses and fees; craft distilleries.	Page 19 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.