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TX HB4773

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dade Phelan

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows holders of brewer's licenses to transfer malt beverages between their licensed brewery premises, including facilities operating under alternating brewery proprietorship or contract brewing arrangements, during legal hours

  • Requires brewers and brewpubs transporting malt beverages to register vehicle descriptions with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and plainly mark all transport vehicles

  • Permits brewpub license holders operating multiple brewpubs under the same ownership to transfer malt beverages between their locations

  • Authorizes brewpubs receiving transferred malt beverages to sell them to ultimate consumers on-premises and to general distributors or qualified out-of-state persons

  • Clarifies that transferred malt beverages count toward production limits at the original brewing location, not the receiving location, for regulatory purposes

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the transfer of certain malt beverages between two or more licensed premises operating under the same general ownership or management and the sale of those malt beverages.

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation

Last Action

Received from the House

5/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Licensing & Administrative Procedures4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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