Alcoholic Beverages

State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Various GSC Recommendations [HB-40]
Various GSC Recommendations

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Theodore Davis Signed By Gov. 6/26/2025 on 06/26/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to alcoholic beverages. [HB-639] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
As introduced, extends from five to 10 days the amount of time a law enforcement officer has to file a written informational statement with the county court clerk after taking possession of illicit intoxicating liquors. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Carringer P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Admissions and Amusement Tax - Food and Beverages [HB-997] [Taxes ] [Food ] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to impose the admissions and amusement tax on certain gross receipts derived from the sale of food or beverages for consumption on the premises; prohibiting the imposition of the admissions and amusement tax on certain sales of food or beverages; establishing a maximum tax rate of 3% that a county or a municipal corporation may set on the sale of food or beverages; and providing that a certain combined maximum tax rate does not include a tax rate on the sale of food or beverages.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth M. Embry Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush [HB-1001] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Arts and Culture ]
Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase [HB-29] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Native American Affairs ] [Consumer Protection ]
Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mitchell Smith Setzer Serial Referral To Alcoholic Beverage Control Stricken on 03/04/2025

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

Authorize the shipment of distilled spirits direct to consumers, and to provide a penalty therefor. [SB-130] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ]
Authorize the shipment of distilled spirits direct to consumers, and to provide a penalty therefor.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Reed Scheduled For Hearing on 02/13/2025

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

Modify renewal fee requirements for an on-sale liquor licensee whose business premises have been annexed into a municipality of the first class. [SB-129] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Modify renewal fee requirements for an on-sale liquor licensee whose business premises have been annexed into a municipality of the first class.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Jamison House Of Representatives Motion To Amend, Passed H.j. 412 Amendment 129d on 02/26/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-102, relative to consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. [SB-320] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to obtain a liquor-by-the-drink license; prohibits a facility located in Hamilton County from being issued a license after March 1, 2030, and requires the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a facility located in Hamilton County to provide an annual report to the general assembly detailing any public safety issues related to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Becky Duncan Massey Pub. Ch. 61 on 04/08/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. [HB-381] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Tourism ]
As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, urban park centers, and museums that can offer liquor by the drink; makes certain clarifications with regard to commercial airline travel clubs that can offer liquor by the drink. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Eldridge Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 362 on 05/13/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. [SB-308] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Tourism ]
As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, urban park centers, and museums that can offer liquor by the drink; makes certain clarifications with regard to commercial airline travel clubs that can offer liquor by the drink. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard M. Briggs Pub. Ch. 362 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush [SB-562] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Arts and Culture ]
Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study [SB-542] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to contract with a third party to conduct a study of the structure and composition of the distribution and retail sector of the alcoholic beverages industry in the State and to make recommendations on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in that industry; and requiring the Office to submit its report and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Allows for the holder of a manufacturer's license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel key of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day. [SB-73] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Manufacturing ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Allows for the holder of a manufacturer's license to be able to sell one one-sixth (1/6) barrel key of malt beverage, produced on the premises, per day.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Walter S. Felag Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/09/2025

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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers [HB-262] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ]
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Edward Crockett This Being An Emergency Measure, A Two-thirds Vote Of All The Members Elected To The House Was Necessary. on 03/20/2025

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

Increase the number of off-sale licenses from two to three in municipalities and counties of one thousand or less. [HB-1079] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Increase the number of off-sale licenses from two to three in municipalities and counties of one thousand or less.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry P. Zikmund Signed By The Governor On March 13, 2025 H.j. 542 on 03/13/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to alcoholic beverages. [HB-200] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
As introduced, reduces from two to one the number of credible witnesses who must be present when a law enforcement officer destroys an illegal distillery, still, fermenting equipment, or related property. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Hicks P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Prince George's County - Substance Abuse Early Intervention and Detoxification Services Fund - Establishment PG 407-25 [HB-396] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Establishing the Substance Abuse Early Intervention and Detoxification Services Fund to provide treatment and rehabilitation to students expelled from school in Prince George's County and cover expenses incurred by uninsured or underinsured minors in Prince George's County for treatment services related to the misuse of alcohol and drugs; requiring the Prince George's County Health Department to administer the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Handgun Permit Requirement - Repeal (Maryland's Constitutional Carry Act of 2025) [HB-353] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Repealing the requirement that a person have a certain permit before the person carries, wears, or transports a handgun; repealing certain criminal prohibitions against a person who is at least 21 years old wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun; and establishing that a person may not wear, carry, or transport a handgun while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, with a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both on conviction.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/24/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to alcoholic beverages. [SB-176] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
As introduced, extends from five to 10 days the amount of time a law enforcement officer has to file a written informational statement with the county court clerk after taking possession of illicit intoxicating liquors. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard M. Briggs Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee on 01/27/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to alcoholic beverages. [SB-192] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
As introduced, reduces from two to one the number of credible witnesses who must be present when a law enforcement officer destroys an illegal distillery, still, fermenting equipment, or related property. - Amends TCA Title 57.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Page Walley Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee on 01/27/2025

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