HB1578 (2018) Detail

(New Title) relative to samples from nano breweries.


HB 1578 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

6Mar2018... 0705h

2018 SESSION

18-2303

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1578

 

AN ACT relative to samples from nano breweries.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. White, Graf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows nano brewery licensees to distribute samples at a wine manufacutrer's facility for an annual fee.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0705h 18-2303

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to samples from nano breweries.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Nano Breweries; Samples.  Amend RSA 178:12-a by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII.  For an additional annual fee of $120, any nano brewery licensee may transport its products to a wine manufacturers facility licensed under RSA 178:8, for the purpose of sampling or selling its products.  Samples may be sold or given away.  Retail sales made at the wine manufacturer’s facility shall be limited to products in their unopened original containers and to customers and persons of legal drinking age.  Nano breweries shall be subject to the following additional limitations under  this section:

(a)  Nano brewery licensees shall be limited to one sampling event per day.

(b)  Sampling and sales of the nano brewery licensee's products shall conform to the normal business hours of the winery licensee.

(c)  Sample sizes shall be limited to one 4-ounce glass per label per person.

(d)  Nano brewery licensee products brought to a sampling event shall be brought to the wine manufacturer’s facility on the day of the event and all such products shall be removed at the end of the event.

(e)  Nano brewery licensees shall notify the commission of date, times, and location of each sampling event not less than 5 days before each event.

 

LBAO

18-2303

Amended 3/15/18

 

HB 1578- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2018-0705h)

 

AN ACT relative to samples from nano breweries.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended by the House, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2022.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Liquor Commission

 

 

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 10, 2018 House Hearing
Feb. 21, 2018 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
March 6, 2018 House Floor Vote
April 3, 2018 Senate Hearing

Bill Text Revisions

HB1578 Revision: 3172 Date: March 15, 2018, 2:55 p.m.
HB1578 Revision: 2338 Date: Nov. 13, 2017, 9:11 a.m.

Docket


May 2, 2018: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15


May 2, 2018: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/02/2018; SC 19


April 3, 2018: Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 15


March 8, 2018: Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7


March 6, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 0705h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 11


March 6, 2018: Amendment # 2018-0705h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 11


March 6, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0705h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 9 P. 7


: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0705h (NT) (Vote 18-0; CC)


Feb. 21, 2018: Executive Session: 02/21/2018 LOB 302


Feb. 21, 2018: Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2018 08:45 AM LOB 302


Jan. 30, 2018: Subcommittee Work Session: 01/30/2018 10:15 AM LOB 302


Jan. 23, 2018: Subcommittee Work Session: 01/23/2018 11:35 AM LOB 302


Jan. 10, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 09:00 AM LOB 302


Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 1 P. 16