BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5511: Low-proof alcohol beverages

Regarding low-proof alcoholic beverages.

Summary

Defines low-proof beverage to mean any beverage that is 16 ounces or less and contains more than 0.5 percent and less than 7 percent alcohol by volume, excluding wine, malt beverages, and malt liquor.
Excludes the sale of low-proof beverages from license fees for spirits retail and distributor licensees, and certain sales and liter taxes on the sale of spirits.
Imposes a tax of $2.50 per gallon on the sale of low-proof beverages.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5511), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to low-proof alcoholic beverages;

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.

SB 5511 (2023–24) K-12 education funding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5511 (2021–22) Uniform standard time · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5511 (2019–20) Broadband service · Enacted · Chapter 365, Laws of 2019
SB 5511 (2017–18) Tribal-state relations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5511 (2015–16) Local sales & use tx changes · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5511 (2013–14) Preservation of liberty act · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5511 (2011–12) School day & hour exemption · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5511 (2009–10) City-county assistance accts · Enacted · Chapter 127, Laws of 2009