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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1020: Beer & wine specialty shops

Allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell products made by distillers that produce sixty thousand gallons or less of spirits per year.

Summary

  • Authorizes a beer and/or wine specialty shop licensee to sell spirits produced by a state licensed distillery provided: (1) the licensee maintains an inventory of beer and/or wine worth at least $3,000 at wholesale; (2) operates out of licensed premises of less than 10,000 square feet; (3) the licensee obtained its license prior to January 1, 2016; and (4) the distillery producing the spirits has an annual production of 60,000 gallons or less.
  • Requires a beer and/or wine specialty shop licensee who obtains the spirits sales endorsement to pay a license issuance fee of 17 percent of all spirits sales revenues.
  • Requires a beer and/or wine specialty shop licensee receiving the spirits sales endorsement to provide specified training to managers and employees involved in spirits sales.
  • Authorizes a doubling of penalties for licensees with a spirits sales endorsement for legal or regulatory violations related to spirits sales.

From the House Bill Analysis 2017 (HB 1020), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Norm Johnson (R-14)
Introduced
January 9, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018
Companion bill
SB 5006
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to allowing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees to sell products made by distillers that produce sixty thousand gallons or less of spirits per year;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Norm Johnson (R-14)

6 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Jake Fey D-27Michelle Valdez R-26Eileen Cody D-34Sherry Appleton D-23Andrew Barkis R-2Larry Haler R-8

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).
  6. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 1020 in other sessions

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