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CS/SB 678: Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages

GENERAL BILL by Regulated Industries ; Mayfield ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizing a distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make an excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requiring distributors that distribute more than one type of alcoholic beverage to deduct their gross taxes for products according to those specified in a specified manner; requiring a distributor to immediately notify the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco when an extraordinary loss occurs, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/22/2026 Senate - CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/1/2025 Senate • Filed
12/16/2025 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/15/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
1/20/2026 Senate • CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
1/21/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/22/2026 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax
• CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time