House Bill 11 Summary

• Creates new definition of "alcohol consumable" to include manufactured and packaged ice cream, ice pops, gum-based, or gelatin-based food products containing at least 0.5% alcohol by volume.

• Incorporates alcohol consumables into existing regulatory definitions for malt beverages, fortified wine, unfortified wine, and spirituous liquor in North Carolina alcohol law.

• Authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to set standards and adopt rules for all alcoholic beverages including alcohol consumables to protect public against harmful or impure substances.

• Extends bottle charge provisions to nonbottled products (stock keeping units) at 1¢ for containers of 50 milliliters or less and 5¢ for containers exceeding 50 milliliters.

• All provisions become effective December 1, 2021, with requirements applying to offenses and spirituous liquor sales on or after that date.