BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1734: Low-proof beverages/tax

Concerning taxation of low-proof beverages.

Summary

Establishes a tax of $1.19 per gallon on sales and distribution of low-proof beverages.
Establishes that retail license fees, license issuance fees, spirits sales taxes, and spirits liter taxes do not apply to sales of low-proof beverages.
Defines a low-proof beverage as any beverage that is 16 ounces or less that contains more than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume but less than 7 percent alcohol by volume.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to taxation of low-proof beverages;

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

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