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ND SB2136

Bill

Status

Passed

3/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jerry Klein

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Origin

Senate

69th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits brewers from requiring or prohibiting beer wholesalers from using business-to-business electronic commerce platforms, adding this as a new restriction under existing inducement and coercion rules

  • Removes the requirement that a purchaser of a brewer must "continue in business as a brewer" for existing wholesaler agreement obligations to transfer to the new owner

  • Maintains existing protections preventing brewers from coercing wholesalers to accept unordered products, violate state laws, restrict sales of competing brands, or disclose confidential competitive information

  • Passed unanimously in both chambers: Senate 46-0 and House 92-0

Legislative Description

Wholesaler and brewer relations.

Last Action

Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26

3/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Industry, Business and Labor2/13/2025
Industry and Business1/7/2025

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