Florida Beverage Legislation: 2019 Pre-Session Review of Beverage Bills
The 2019 Session of the Florida Legislature will include consideration of a number of bills affecting breweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, and consumers.
The 2019 regular session of the Florida Legislature kicks off Tuesday, March 5, 2019. This 2-month session will see the consideration of a number of bills that could affect the Florida beverage industry as soon as July.
For a refresher on how a bill goes from being introduced to becoming law in Florida, check out the Florida Senate’s Idea-to-Law Flowchart and the Florida League of City’s short video: Florida’s Legislative Process 101.
The following chart provides a summary of this session’s beverage-focused bills. We’ll check back in on the status of these bills at end of the session.
Bill # | Sponsor | Similar Bills | Summary | Status |
SB 220 | Brandes | HB 907 |
| 2/22/2019 Senate – Now in Innovation, Industry, and Technology |
SB 672 | Rader | HB 853 |
| 2/15/2019 Senate – Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations |
SB 894 | Stargel | HB 6037 |
| 2/19/2019 Senate – Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules |
SB 1304 | Mayfield | HB 903 |
| 2/22/2019 Senate – Filed |
HB 853 | Stark | SB 672 |
| 2/28/2019 House – Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee |
HB 903 | Toledo | SB 1304 |
| 2/28/2019 House – Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee |
HB 1219 | Sabatini |
| 3/1/2019 House – Filed | |
HB 1229 | Raschein |
| 3/1/2019 House – Filed | |
HB 6037 | Stark | SB 894 |
| 2/13/2019 House – Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Commerce Committee |