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Legislation and Regulation pertaining to the Alcohol Industry:
February 2, 2013–February 8, 2013
Alabama
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Wyoming

Alabama
AL H 9
AUTHOR:
McCutcheon [R]
TITLE:
Home Brewed Alcohol
INTRODUCED:
02/05/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Economic Development and Tourism Committee
SUMMARY:
Permits persons 21 years of age or older to produce a limited amount of home
brewed beer, mead, cider, and table wine for personal use; prohibits a
convicted felon from home brewing such beverages; provides penalties for
violations; amends Section 28-3-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to
definitions of alcoholic beverages, to include definitions of mead and cider.
STATUS:
02/05/2013 INTRODUCED.
02/05/2013 To HOUSE Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM.
AL S 7
AUTHOR:
Orr [R]
TITLE:
Public Benefits
INTRODUCED:
02/05/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
SENATE
SUMMARY:
Relates to public benefits, purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products,
and lottery tickets with benefit funds, use of public funds in retail stores selling
primarily alcoholic beverages, casinos and certain adult-oriented entertainment
establishments.
STATUS:
02/07/2013 From SENATE Committee on FINANCE AND TAXATION
GENERAL FUND: Reported favorably.
Arkansas
AR H 1250
AUTHOR:
Whitaker D [D]
TITLE:
Battery in the Second Degree and Enhancing Penalties
INTRODUCED:
02/05/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Judiciary Committee
SUMMARY:
Amends battery in the second degree and enhancing penalties when injury to
another person occurs as a result of driving while intoxicated.
STATUS:
02/05/2013 INTRODUCED.
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Connecticut
CT H 6336
INTRODUCER:
Joint Public Safety and Security
TITLE:
Timing Of Tests for Blood Alcohol Levels
INTRODUCED:
02/01/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
SUMMARY:
Concerns the timing of tests for blood alcohol levels in operating under the
influence cases; requires that in a criminal prosecution for drunken driving or
drunken boating evidence is presented that demonstrates the results of a blood
alcohol test not commenced within two hours of operation accurately indicate
the blood alcohol content at the time of the alleged offense and delete the
requirement in an administrative per se hearing that a test for blood alcohol
levels be commenced within two hours.
STATUS:
02/01/2013 INTRODUCED.
02/01/2013 To JOINT Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Georgia
GA H 185
AUTHOR:
Kidd [I]
TITLE:
Distilleries Spirits Sales Authorized
INTRODUCED:
02/01/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Regulated Industries Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to tastings, authorizes retail sales of distilled spirits manufactured by a
distillery to be sold on the premises of such distillery, defines certain terms,
requires a license for retail sales, specifies the quantity of distilled spirits that
may be sold at retail, provides for the conditions under which such retail sales
may be conducted, provides for the collection of excise taxes, provides for
related matters, repeals conflicting laws.
STATUS:
02/05/2013 In HOUSE: Read 2nd time.
Hawaii
HI H 230
AUTHOR:
Souki [D]
TITLE:
Alcohol Abuse Treatment and Prevention
INTRODUCED:
01/17/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee
SUMMARY:
(County of Maui Bill Package) Authorizes the Liquor Commission to conduct and
fund state and county alcohol abuse treatment and prevention activities; allows
liquor license fees to be used for those activities.
STATUS:
02/06/2013 In Committee: Measure Deferred.
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Kansas
KS H 2223
AUTHOR:
Federal and State Affairs Cmt
TITLE:
Homemade Fermented Beverages
INTRODUCED:
02/05/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to alcoholic liquor; relates to authorizing the production and
transportation of homemade fermented beverages.
STATUS:
02/06/2013 To HOUSE Committee on FEDERAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
Montana
MT H 275
AUTHOR:
Regier [R]
TITLE:
DUI Laws
INTRODUCED:
01/21/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Revises DUI laws; relates to alcohol and drugs; relates to crimes.
STATUS:
02/07/2013 From HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Do pass.
New Jersey
NJ A 3131
IDENTICAL:
NJ S 1904
SPONSOR:
Prieto [D]
TITLE:
INTRODUCED:
06/21/2012
LAST AMEND:
02/07/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Special Alcohol License for Development Projects
Allows for the issuance of special licenses to sell alcoholic beverages in
qualifying development projects.
STATUS:
02/07/2013 Transferred to ASSEMBLY Committee on BUDGET.
02/07/2013 From ASSEMBLY Committee on BUDGET as amended.
Issue:
Licensing
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NJ S 1904
IDENTICAL:
NJ A 3131
SPONSOR:
Sarlo [D]
TITLE:
INTRODUCED:
05/14/2012
LAST AMEND:
10/01/2012
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
ASSEMBLY
SUMMARY:
Special Alcoholic Beverage Licenses
Allows for the issuance of special licenses to sell alcoholic beverages in
qualifying development projects.
STATUS:
02/07/2013 Transferred to ASSEMBLY Committee on BUDGET.
02/07/2013 From ASSEMBLY Committee on BUDGET.
Issue:
Licensing
New Mexico
NM H 386
AUTHOR:
McCamely [D]
TITLE:
Alcoholic Beverages
INTRODUCED:
02/01/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
House Business and Industry Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to alcoholic beverages; eliminates the Sunday and Christmas Day
restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages; provides consistent hours of
operation for licenses that sell alcoholic beverages by the drink or in unbroken
packages; reconciles conflicting amendments to the same section of law by
repealing Laws 2001, chapter 248, section 2.
STATUS:
02/01/2013 INTRODUCED.
02/01/2013 To HOUSE Committee on BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
02/01/2013 To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Pennsylvania
PA H 121
PN:
121
AUTHOR:
Sonney [R]
TITLE:
INTRODUCED:
01/16/2013
LAST AMEND:
02/05/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
HOUSE
SUMMARY:
Shipment of Wine into Commonwealth
Amends the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code;
further provides for definitions, for general powers of the Liquor Control Board,
for sales by liquor stores, for the shipment of wine into the Commonwealth, and
for limited wineries.
STATUS:
02/06/2013 In HOUSE. Removed from table.
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South Dakota
SD S 100
AUTHOR:
Adelstein [R]
TITLE:
Wine Direct Shipper Permit
INTRODUCED:
01/18/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
Senate Commerce and Energy Committee
SUMMARY:
Establishes a wine direct shipper permit and to provide for certain direct
shipments of wine.
STATUS:
02/05/2013 In SENATE Committee on COMMERCE and ENERGY:
Deferred to the 41st Legislative Day.
Tennessee
TN S 186
SAME AS:
TN H 180
AUTHOR:
Norris [R]
TITLE:
DUI Offenses
INTRODUCED:
01/28/2013
DISPOSITION:
LOCATION:
SUMMARY:
Pending
Senate Judiciary Committee
Relates to DUI offenses; reorganizes DUI statutes; clarifies punishment for
offenses.
STATUS:
01/31/2013 To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Virginia
VA H 2300
AUTHOR:
Watson [R]
TITLE:
Alcoholic Beverage Control
INTRODUCED:
01/17/2013
DISPOSITION:
Pending
LOCATION:
Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
SUMMARY:
Relates to alcoholic beverage control; relates to tied house exception; provides
an exception from the tied house restrictions by allowing the granting of any
retail license to a distillery licensee, or to an applicant for such license, or to a
lessee of such person, a wholly owned subsidiary of such person, or its lessee
under certain circumstances; under current law, this exception is authorized for
brewery and winery licensees.
STATUS:
02/06/2013 To SENATE Committee on REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL
SERVICES.
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