HB 2905 Summary

• Consolidates wine festival, craft distillery festival, and microbrewery festival licenses into a single "craft producer festival license" that allows sampling, on-premises consumption, and off-premises sales in original containers.

• Allows craft producers up to 150 calendar days annually for festival licenses and permits craft producer fair licenses at state and county fairs with approval from fair organizers.

• Reduces the minimum annual beer production requirement for microbreweries from 5,000 gallons to 1,000 gallons in the first year of operation.

• Exempts craft producer festival and fair licenses from the 300-foot distance restriction from school buildings that applies to other liquor retailer licenses.

• Repeals separate sections governing craft distillery festivals, farm winery festivals, and microbrewery festivals, consolidating these provisions under the new craft producer framework.