| Last Action | 03/29/22: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 39) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages and declaring an emergency. |
| Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 39
Current/Final Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 104 |
| Sponsors | C. McCoy, S. Heavrin, T. Huff, W. Lawrence, R. Palumbo, B. Rowland, C. Stevenson, P. Stevenson, S. Westrom |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 241.010 to define "barrel-aged and batched cocktails," "private selection event," and "private selection package" and to redefine "consumer" and "vintage distilled spirit"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to establish a "limited nonquota package license" that allows designated alcoholic beverage drink licensees to sell vintage distilled spirits and private selection packages; amend KRS 243.027 to authorize a manufacturer to ship samples to persons or entities engaged in private selection events; indicate that the shipped sample quantity limits apply to each separate recipient; amend KRS 243.029 to require a direct shipper licensee to include all applicable taxes in the selling price for alcoholic beverages; include sales tax as a separate item on the customer's invoice; amend KRS 243.030 to set a $300 annual fee for a limited nonquota package license and for an off-premises retail sales outlet license; amend KRS 243.0305 to allow a distiller to conduct private selection events and sell private selection packages at retail; set package and sample limits for sales at fairs, festivals, and other similar types of events; permit distillers to purchase jointly branded souvenir packages from microbreweries; restrict a distiller to only one off-premises retail site for each of its licensed premises; amend KRS 243.110 to make a limited nonquota package license compatible with listed drink licenses; amend KRS 243.232 to authorize a limited nonquota package license holder to sell vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to exclude private selection package sales from the normal quota retail package license restrictions; amend KRS 243.260 to issue a special temporary license for farmers markets; amend KRS 243.884 to exempt most private selection package sales from the wholesale tax; amend KRS 244.240 to exclude a distiller selling private selection packages or supplying barrels for barred-aged and batched cocktails from the interlocking interests prohibition; amend KRS 244.260 to permit a retailer to keep distilled spirits or wine in a container for preparing barred-aged and batched cocktails; align distilled spirit container limits with the largest applicable federal standard of fill size; amend KRS 243.034 and 243.0341 to conform. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Distilled Spirits - Distiller sales, private selection packages and barrel-aged cocktails Fees - Alcoholic beverage sales, licensing Licensing - Distiller sales, private selection packages and barrel-aged cocktails Malt Beverages - Microbreweries, distillers, jointly branded souvenir packages Trade Practices and Retailing - Distiller sales, private selection packages and barrel-aged cocktails Wines and Wineries - Direct shipping, sample quantity limits Alcoholic Beverages - Distiller sales, private selection packages and barrel-aged cocktails |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 House Committee Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
| Votes | Vote History |
| 02/14/22 |
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| 03/02/22 |
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| 03/09/22 |
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| 03/10/22 |
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| 03/11/22 |
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| 03/14/22 |
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| 03/16/22 |
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| 03/21/22 |
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| 03/22/22 |
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| 03/23/22 |
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| 03/24/22 |
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| 03/29/22 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; include microbreweries with a quota retail drink or quota retail package license in the selection and sale process for private selection packages; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings |
Distilled Spirits - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase Effective Dates, Emergency - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase Licensing - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase Malt Beverages - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase Trade Practices and Retailing - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase Alcoholic Beverages - Microbreweries, distiller private selection packages, purchase |
| Amendment | House Committee Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | R. Webber |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - HB 500 |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | C. McCoy |
| Summary | Retain original provisions; require a distillery to make at least 70% of its annual private selection packages available for purchase by wholesalers; limit souvenir packages sold exclusively to distillery visitors to three liters per person per day; allow a vintage distilled spirits seller to sell up to 24 vintage distilled spirits packages in a 12 month period; establish reporting standards for licensees who purchase vintage distilled spirits; calculate the wholesale price of distillery sales at 70% of the retail price if an actual wholesale price is unavailable. |
| Index Headings |
Distilled Spirits - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage Licensing - Distillery license, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits Sales - Distilleries, private select and vintage distilled spirits Trade Practices and Retailing - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits Alcoholic Beverages - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | C. McCoy |
| Summary | Amend KRS 241.010 to define "vintage distilled spirits seller"; restrict a limited nonquota package license holder to sales of only private selection packages; require a distillery to make at least 70% of its annual private selection packages available for purchase by wholesalers; limit souvenir packages sold exclusively to distillery visitors to three liters per person per day; allow a vintage distilled spirits seller to sell up to 24 vintage distilled spirits packages in a 12 month period; establish reporting standards for licensees who purchase vintage distilled spirits; amend KRS 243.240 to allow a quota retail package license holder to sell packages and provide samples of distilled spirits and wine at fairs and festivals in wet territory; limit sales to those fairs and festivals held in the same county as the license holder's licensed premises; calculate the wholesale price of distillery sales at 70% of the retail price if an actual wholesale price is unavailable. |
| Index Headings |
Distilled Spirits - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage Licensing - Distillery license, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits Sales - Distilleries, private select and vintage distilled spirits Trade Practices and Retailing - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits Alcoholic Beverages - Distilleries, sales, private select and vintage distilled spirits Fairs - Distilled spirits and wine sales, package licensees Wines and Wineries - Distilled spirits and wine sales, package licensees, fairs and festivals |
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