Assembly Bill A3922

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state craft beverage industry

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A3922 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §100, Ec Dev L

2025-A3922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of economic development, in cooperation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets and the state liquor authority to establish procedures for proposing to the governor nominations for annual awards to be known as "New York state liquor retailers awards", "New York state beer retailers awards", "New York state cider retailer awards", and "New York state mead retailers awards"; requires the commissioner of economic development to promote state policies that will encourage the production and sale of New York labelled beers, ciders, liquors, and mead.

2025-A3922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3922
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to promoting
   the New York state craft beverage industry
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 18-a and 18-b of section 100 of the economic
 development law, subdivision 18-a as added by chapter 499 of the laws of
 1984 and subdivision 18-b as added by chapter 490 of the laws  of  1993,
 are amended to read as follows:
   18-a.  (A) to establish, in cooperation with the commissioner of agri-
 culture and markets and  the  state  liquor  authority,  procedures  for
 proposing  to  the governor nominations for annual awards to be known as
 "New York state wine retailers awards". These non-monetary awards  shall
 be  given  in recognition of unusual efforts made by restaurants, and/or
 retailers licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consump-
 tion, to inform consumers as to the availability, diversity  and  excel-
 lence  of wines made in the state from grapes grown in the state, and to
 feature these wines. The governor  shall,  at  [his]  THEIR  discretion,
 issue up to three awards annually.
   (B)  TO ESTABLISH, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS AND THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSING  TO
 THE  GOVERNOR  NOMINATIONS  FOR  ANNUAL  AWARDS TO BE KNOWN AS "NEW YORK
 STATE LIQUOR RETAILERS AWARDS", "NEW YORK STATE BEER RETAILERS  AWARDS",
 "NEW YORK STATE CIDER RETAILER AWARDS", AND "NEW YORK STATE MEAD RETAIL-
 ERS  AWARDS". THESE NON-MONETARY AWARDS SHALL BE GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF
 UNUSUAL EFFORTS MADE BY RESTAURANTS, AND/OR  RETAILERS LICENSED TO  SELL
 ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES  FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, TO  INFORM CONSUMERS
 AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, DIVERSITY  AND  EXCELLENCE  OF  LIQUORS,  BEERS,
 CIDER,  AND MEAD MADE IN THE STATE FROM PRODUCTS GROWN IN THE STATE, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08418-01-5
 A. 3922                             2
              

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