AB 2913 Summary

• Defines "manufacture" and "produce" for craft distiller licenses, requiring at least 65 percent of the 100,000 gallon annual limit to be actually manufactured by the licensee rather than produced or obtained from other sources.

• Removes the word "initiating" from social media advertising provisions for nonprofit events and shifts tied-house restrictions from retail licensees to nonretail licensees regarding advertising and promotional benefits.

• Allows craft distillers to hold distilled spirits import licenses, but only if imported spirits are used to manufacture or produce distilled spirits under their craft distiller license.

• Expands criminal penalties for coercion related to advertising purchases at major sports and entertainment venues to include rectifiers as licensees subject to misdemeanor prosecution.

• Clarifies that no state reimbursement is required because the bill only creates new criminal definitions and penalties within the meaning of state constitutional provisions.