SB89 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Andrew Jones SenatorRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2020
- Title
- Small farm wineries, authorize to sell to consumers or distribute to retailers
- Description
Under existing law, a producer of alcoholic beverages may only sell its product to distributors or wholesalers, or directly to consumers in limited quantities at its licensed premises.
This bill would allow licensed wineries that produce locally sourced wines or are below a certain size, known as "farm wineries," to self-distribute their table wines to licensed retailers or to sell directly to consumers.
This bill would require farm wineries to collect and remit certain taxes in certain circumstances.
This bill would authorize the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to adopt rules to implement this act.
- Subjects
- Wine
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 3 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry first Substitute Offered
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry first Amendment Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature