Senate Bill S1185

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding farm brewery, cidery, winery and distillery privileges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3, 61, 76-a, 58-c & 51-a, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5853
2021-2022: S1533
2023-2024: S4837

2019-S1185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the privileges of farm breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries to allow for the sales of "farm brewed" alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.

2019-S1185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1185
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to  more
   closely  align  the  privileges of farm distilleries with other privi-
   leges enjoyed by farmers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  25  of  section  3 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law is amended to read as follows:
   25. "Retail sale" or "sale at retail" means a sale to a consumer or to
 any person for any purpose other than for resale. SUCH  SALE  MAY  OCCUR
 DURING A TASTING OR DURING ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WHERE PERMITTED BY LAW.
   §  2.  Subparagraphs (v) and (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-c
 of section 61 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chap-
 ter 103 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as follows:
   (v) To conduct tastings of and sell at retail for  consumption  on  or
 off  the  premises  New  York  state  labelled  beer  manufactured by [a
 licensed brewer] EITHER A BREWER LICENSED IN NEW YORK STATE or [licensed
 farm brewery] A FARM BREWERY LICENSED IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (vii) To conduct tastings of and sell at retail for consumption on  or
 off  the  premises New York state labelled wine manufactured by EITHER a
 licensed winery LICENSED IN NEW YORK STATE or  A  licensed  farm  winery
 LICENSED IN NEW YORK STATE.
   §  3.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2-c of section 61 of the alcoholic
 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 431 of the laws of 2014,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, the
 holder of a farm distillery license may (i) sell at retail for  consump-
 tion  on the licensed premises[,]: any liquor manufactured by the licen-
 see or any New York state labeled liquor, OR ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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