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HB 261: Beverage Law

GENERAL BILL by Tomkow

Beverage Law; Prohibits certain entities & persons from directly or indirectly assisting any vendor in certain ways; prohibits licensed vendor from accepting certain items & services; authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco to impose administrative sanctions; prohibits vendor from displaying certain signs in windows of his or her licensed premises; authorizes certain entities & persons to give, lend, furnish, or sell certain advertising material to certain vendors; provides exemptions relating to tied house evil for certain sales & purchases of merchandise; prohibits manufacturer or importer of malt beverages from soliciting or receiving any portion of certain payments from its distributors; specifies that brand-naming rights agreement does not obligate or place responsibility upon distributor; provides civil penalties; prohibits division from imposing certain civil penalties.

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
    1/14/2019 House • Filed
    1/23/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 40
    2/6/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/13/19, 1:30 pm, Webster Hall
    2/14/2019 House • Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 7 -HJ 298
    2/15/2019 House • Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 298
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 40
    3/8/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
    3/12/2019 House • Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 403
    • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 403
    3/19/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/21/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
    3/21/2019 House • Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -HJ 489
    3/22/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 489
    5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • HB 261, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/14/2019 at 11:42 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2019 (pdf)
    Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2019 (pdf)
    Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/22/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 242 Beverage Law Hutson Identical Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology 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

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    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 2 (pdf)

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