SB184 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David SessionsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Beer, definition of beer revised, Sec. 28-9-9.1 added; Sec. 28-3-1 am'd.

Summary

SB184 expands Alabama's beer definition and extends beer-style regulation to all beverages sold by manufacturers or suppliers to wholesalers.

What This Bill Does

It revises the definition of beer to include beverages with 0.5% to 13.9% alcohol by volume brewed from malt and with allowable adjuncts. It adds a new rule that any beverage sold by a manufacturer or supplier to a wholesaler must be governed by the same laws that apply to beer suppliers and wholesalers. This brings products that may be classified differently by federal tax rules under Alabama's beer regulatory framework.

Who It Affects

• Manufacturers and suppliers of alcoholic beverages would be regulated under beer laws for all beverages they sell to wholesalers.
• Wholesalers (and the licensees they sell to) would be subject to the same beer-related laws for these beverages.

Key Provisions

• Section 28-3-1 amended to revise the definition of beer to include malt-based beverages with 0.5% to 13.9% ABV and to specify allowable adjuncts.
• New Section 28-9-9.1 added, stating that every beverage sold by a manufacturer or supplier to a wholesaler is subject to the laws governing beer suppliers and wholesalers.

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Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages