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ID H0646
Bill
Status
3/24/2022
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Expands Section 23-501 to include mead, cider, and other fermented beverages alongside wine and beer for personal household use, with production limits of 200 gallons per year for households with two or more adults or 100 gallons per year for single-adult households.
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Allows licensed premises to conduct organized judging, tasting, exhibitions, contests, or competitions of homemade fermented beverages, limited to participants and judges only, served in portions not exceeding 6 ounces and not sold to the general public.
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Permits licensees holding full or limited on-premises sales, off-premises sales, brewery-public house, brewery, winery, or warehouse licenses to store homemade fermented beverages on their premises if clearly identified by the producer and kept separate from the licensee's commercial stock.
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Prohibits licensees from acquiring ownership interests in stored homemade fermented beverages, except when storing beverages for conducting organized judging, tasting, exhibitions, contests, competitions, or related events.
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Effective date is July 1, 2022, declared as an emergency measure.
Legislative Description
Amends and adds to existing law to provide for the production of mead, cider, and other fermented fruit juice beverages for personal use and to provide for the use and storage of homemade beer, wine, and other fermented beverages at licensed premises in certain instances.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on March 22, 2022 Session Law Chapter 136 Effective: 07/01/2022
3/24/2022