Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 578
       
       
        
       By Senator Leek
       
       
       
       
       
       7-00684-25                                             2025578__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to wine containers; amending s.
    3         564.05, F.S.; providing that wine may be sold in
    4         recyclable containers of a specified volume; providing
    5         an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   10  read:
   11         564.05 Limitation of size of individual wine containers;
   12  penalty.—It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state
   13  wine in an individual container holding more than 1 gallon of
   14  such wine, unless such wine is in a recyclable or reusable
   15  container holding 5.16 gallons or a glass container holding 4.5
   16  liters, 6 liters, 9 liters, 12 liters, or 15 liters. However,
   17  qualified distributors and manufacturers may sell wine to other
   18  qualified distributors or manufacturers in any size container.
   19  Except as provided in s. 564.09, wine sold or offered for sale
   20  by a licensed vendor to be consumed off the premises must shall
   21  be in the unopened original container. A person convicted of a
   22  violation of this section commits a misdemeanor of the second
   23  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.