Revision: May 21, 2013, midnight
CHAPTER 25
HB 237 – FINAL VERSION
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2013 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 237
AN ACT relative to home production of wine for personal or family use.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Mann, Rock 32; Rep. Duarte, Rock 2; Rep. Danais, Rock 2; Rep. Tasker, Rock 2; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill amends the statute authorizing and regulating home brewing to include the production of wine.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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13-0533
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to home production of wine for personal or family use.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
25:1 Alcoholic Beverages; Production for Personal or Family Use. Amend RSA 175:5-b to read as follows:
175:5-b Production of Beer and Wine for Personal or Family Use.
I. Except as provided in this section, this title shall not apply to the production of beer or wine other than fortified wine by persons over 21 years of age for personal or family use, when such beer or wine is not offered for sale or sold, when produced in the following aggregate amount per household:
(a) Not in excess of 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more persons producing beer or wine in such household.
(b) Not in excess of 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only one person producing beer or wine in such household.
II. It shall be unlawful for any person to produce beer or wine for personal or family use in excess of the amounts permitted in paragraph I or to offer for sale or sell such beer or wine.
III. Beer or wine produced under the provisions of paragraph I may be removed from the premises where made for personal or family use for use at organized home brewing meetings, exhibitions, or competitions, such as homebrewer’s contests, tastings, or judgings, and for personal off-premises use. Beer or wine used under this paragraph shall not be sold or offered for sale.
25:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.
Approved: May 16, 2013
Effective Date: January 1, 2014