Alcoholic Beverages

State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2024 Regular Session

Provides for the sale of certain alcoholic beverages in the town of Winnsboro [HB-149] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Provides for the sale of certain alcoholic beverages in the town of Winnsboro

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cazerrick Travis Johnson Signed By The Governor. Becomes Act No. 197. on 05/23/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Increases mandatory liability coverage for retail alcoholic beverage license holders from $300,000 to $1,000,000/Prevents injured consumers of alcohol recovering damages/Increases mandatory min jail sentence for 2nd time violation of DUI of alcohol/drugs. [HB-7649] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Insurance ] [Law Enforcement ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Increases mandatory liability coverage for retail alcoholic beverage license holders from $300,000 to $1,000,000/Prevents injured consumers of alcohol recovering damages/Increases mandatory min jail sentence for 2nd time violation of DUI of alcohol/drugs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Craven Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/21/2024

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2024 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide that certain special distributors of liquor shall be allowed to continue to operate. [HB-570] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- Amends existing law to provide that certain special distributors of liquor shall be allowed to continue to operate.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means Committee Reported Signed By Governor On April 8, 2024 Session Law Chapter 307 Effective: 04/08/2024 on 04/10/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license. [SB-2487] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES - Prohibits manufacturers of alcoholic beverages from holding or having any interest in a wholesaler license.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Euer Referred To House Committee On Small Business on 06/07/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island. [SB-2485] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Allows holders of a Class P license to purchase alcoholic beverages from either a retail or wholesale establishment in the State of Rhode Island.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Frank S. Lombardi Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/13/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Consumer and Display Fireworks – Regulation and Tax [HB-1443] [Consumer Protection ] [Taxes ] [Public Safety ] [Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax rate for certain fireworks; and requiring the revenue from a certain tax to be distributed to certain funds.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Health - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Levels of Care - Study [HB-1396] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study on linkages between levels of care within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery continuum of care; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study and make recommendations on improvements to existing discharge and linkage requirements to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Admissions and Amusement Tax - Food and Beverages [HB-1306] [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; prohibiting the imposition of the admissions and amusement tax on certain sales of food or beverages; establishing a maximum tax rate of 2% 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. Kris Fair Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Alcoholic Beverages - Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries - Direct Delivery [HB-1217] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ] [Trade ]
Establishing direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverages permits authorizing the direct delivery of beer, wine, or liquor to a consumer; establishing the requirements an individual must meet to qualify for a direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverages delivery permit; establishing the maximum amount that a recipient of an alcoholic beverages delivery may receive annually; repealing a maximum amount that a consumer may purchase when visiting certain alcoholic beverages manufacturers; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr Referred Rules on 04/03/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to property fees and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-479] [Property Tax ] [Taxes ] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Finance ] [Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to define "premises"; allow a fire protection district or subdistrict, or a volunteer fire department district, to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing and appeals process; set reporting requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to define "premises"; allow a consolidated emergency services district board to assess a fee against a premises for the costs of maintaining necessary fire protection measures; establish billing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Rawlings To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/13/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Repeals § 3-7-19 which prohibits retail liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools and religious institutions. [HB-7536] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Repeals § 3-7-19 which prohibits retail liquor licenses within two hundred feet (200') of schools and religious institutions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian C. Newberry Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/12/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program [HB-1065] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ] [Law Enforcement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Nonprofit ]
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment districts; establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund; authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include up to $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger Approved By The Governor - Chapter 746 on 05/16/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Alcoholic Beverages - Rate Alteration [HB-1072] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Taxes ]
Increasing the rate of the sales and use tax from 9% to 10% applied to certain sales of alcoholic beverages.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session

Amends the current law to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the bottle to be consumed on the premises of a licensee. [HB-7434] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- RETAIL LICENSES - Amends the current law to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the bottle to be consumed on the premises of a licensee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raymond A. Hull Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request (04/04/2024) on 04/01/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. [HB-455] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish requirements for persons delivering alcoholic beverages on behalf of a retail package licensee; amend KRS 241.066 to limit the number of quota retail package licenses to one license for every 2,000 residents in any wet county or urban-county government with more than 100,000 residents; amend KRS 241.069 to allow a city, county, or urban-county government to petition for an increase in the number of quota retail package licenses; amend KRS 242.021 to prohibit a city or urban-county government from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 02/13/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57 and Title 67, relative to alcohol. [SB-2926] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Taxes ]
As enacted, requires, in the context of licensee bond payments, each holder of a license authorizing the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises to post with the department of revenue a bond of not less than $10,000 for purposes of ensuring proper payment of taxes in accordance with rules promulgated under the bill. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Paul E. Bailey Pub. Ch. 1069 on 06/03/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program [SB-774] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ] [Law Enforcement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment districts; establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to appropriate up to $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill to the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 747 on 05/16/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5, relative to alcoholic beverages. [SB-2716] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Defense ]
As introduced, allows notice of a shipment of alcoholic beverages brought into this state and consigned to an agency under the jurisdiction of the department of defense to be given by electronic means to the alcoholic beverage commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Page Walley Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee on 02/05/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57 and Title 67, relative to alcohol. [HB-2950] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Taxes ]
As enacted, requires, in the context of licensee bond payments, each holder of a license authorizing the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises to post with the department of revenue a bond of not less than $10,000 for purposes of ensuring proper payment of taxes in accordance with rules promulgated under the bill. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Keisling Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1069 on 06/03/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. [HB-439] [Alcoholic Beverages ]
Amends KRS 211.285 to rename the “malt beverage education fund” as the “alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund,” to add proceeds from Alcoholic Beverage Control Board distilled spirit auctions to the fund, to issue moneys from the fund to the Alcohol Wellness and Responsibility Education Corporation, to modify membership of the corporation’s board of directors, to authorize the corporation to accept grant applications from Kentucky high schools, colleges, universities, and other entities that promote alcohol responsibility, and to increase (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo Signed By Governor on 04/04/2024

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