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HB 1229: Craft Distilleries

GENERAL BILL by Raschein ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith, D. ; Stevenson

Craft Distilleries; Authorizes a craft distillery to hold multiple vendor's licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages; requires the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the DBPR to issue permits to craft distillery to conduct tastings & sales of distilled spirits at specified events; authorizes certain craft distilleries to transfer distilled spirits to its vendor's licensed premises, to be licensed as distributor, to conduct spirituous beverage tastings at specified licensed premises; requires craft distillery to submit certain excise taxes.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2019 House • Filed
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 124
    3/8/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 377
    • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
    3/12/2019 House • Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 412
    3/13/2019 House • Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 412
    3/22/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
    3/26/2019 House • Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 521
    • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 521
    4/8/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/10/19, 8:15 am, Webster Hall
    4/10/2019 House • Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 7 -HJ 673
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 673
    5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • HB 1229, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/1/2019 at 1:47 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/13/2019 (pdf)
    Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2019 (pdf)
    Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 907 Beverage Law Toledo Compare Last Action: 3/1/2019 H Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 93 Track This Bill
    H 1219 (e1) Beverage Law Sabatini Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology Track This Bill
    S 220 (c1) Beverage Law Brandes Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    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 2 (pdf)
    561.24 Licensing manufacturers as distributors or registered exporters prohibited; procedure for issuance and renewal of distributors’ licenses and exporters’ registrations. Page 3 (pdf)
    565.03 License fees; manufacturers, distributors, brokers, sales agents, and importers of alcoholic beverages; vendor licenses and fees; distilleries and craft distilleries. Page 4 (pdf)
    565.17 Beverage tastings by distributors and vendors. Page 8 (pdf)

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