HB 6224 Summary

• Establishes new license categories including mixed spirit drink manufacturers, small distillers, brandy manufacturers, brewpubs, and nonpublic continuing care retirement center licenses with specified fees and operational requirements.

• Creates authorized distribution agents to warehouse and deliver spirits to retail licensees on a weekly basis with minimum order requirements, emergency order provisions, and fee limitations.

• Allows wine makers, small distillers, and brandy manufacturers to conduct off-site tastings and direct sales to consumers with commission approval and specified conditions.

• Permits tastings of beer and wine at specially designated merchant premises without charging consumers, with limits on sample sizes and frequency per 24-hour period.

• Modifies Sunday sales regulations for beer, wine, spirits, and mixed spirit drinks, allowing county-level prohibition through legislative action or voter referendum, with specific hours permitted (7 a.m. Monday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday).