BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5257: Craft wine and wineries

Concerning craft wine and wineries.

Summary

A new license is created called a craft winery license for a winery that does not produce more than 25,000 gallons of wine in the recent year for which it reported production. Wine fermented at a craft winery is not wine or liquor for the purpose of any other portion of the Alcoholic Beverage Control laws, with specific exceptions.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5257), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to craft wine and wineries;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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