BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1297: Distillery promotional items

Concerning distillery promotional items and spirit sample sales.

Summary

Authorizes a distillery to sell spirits of the distillery's own production for consumption on the licensed premises.
Authorizes spirits samples served at a distillery's premises to be adulterated with mixers with alcohol of the distillery's own production.
Authorizes a distillery to provide, for a charge, samples of the distillery's spirits with mixers to customers for on-premises consumption.
Establishes that distilleries and craft distilleries may identify the producers on private labels, to the same extent as other liquor licensees with respect to beer and wine.
Gives the Liquor & Cannabis Board discretion (LCB) to license stills used by commercial chemists, instead of requiring the LCB to do so.

From the House Bill Analysis 2017 (HB 1297), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to distillery promotional items and spirit sample sales;

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

Jan 8, 2018By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 21, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 23, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 24, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 16, 2017First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

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