Florida Beverage Legislation: 2020 Pre-Session Review of Beverage Bills
The 2020 Session of the Florida Legislature will include consideration of a number of bills affecting breweries, wineries, distilleries, and consumers.
The 2020 regular session of the Florida Legislature kicks off Tuesday, January 14, 2020. This 2-month session will see the consideration of a number of bills (though not as many as in prior years) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 583 | Sabatini | HB 6037 SB 138 SB 482 | Repeals provisions relating to limitations on size of individual wine containers & individual cider containers; revises provisions that authorize restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from restaurant for off-premises consumption; revises requirements for sale of branded products by licensed craft distillery to consumers. | 12/11/2019: Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 5; Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee |
| HB 6017 | Sabatini | Repeals Florida's Tied House Evil Statute, Florida Statutes Section 561.42. | 9/23/2019: Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee | |
| HB 6037 | LaMarca | HB 583 SB 138 SB 482 | Repeals Florida Statutes Section 564.05, which imposes limitation of size of individual wine containers. | 12/11/2019: Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0; Now in Commerce Committee |
| SB 138 | Hutson | HB 583 HB 6037 SB 482 | Repealing provisions relating to limitations on the size of individual wine containers and individual cider containers; revising provisions that authorize a restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from a restaurant for off-premises consumption; revising the requirements for the sale of branded products by a licensed craft distillery to consumers, etc. | 9/3/2019: Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules |
| SB 482 | Brandes | HB 583 HB 6037 SB 138 | Repealing provisions relating to limitations on the size of individual wine containers and individual cider containers; revising provisions that authorize a restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from the restaurant for off-premises consumption; revising the requirements for the sale of branded products by a licensed craft distillery to consumers; authorizing a craft distillery to transfer specified quantities of specified distilled spirits from certain locations to its souvenir gift shop, etc. | 11/1/2019: Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Commerce and Tourism; Rules |
Do you have questions about how these proposed changes to Florida Beverage Law could affect our business or your plans for a new beverage business? Contact us at contact@brewerlong.com to schedule a consultation with a beverage attorney.
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