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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 562

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Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation Ordinance Retail establishment

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may sell alcohol

beverages to a consumer unless the seller possesses a license or permit authorizing

the sale. Current law allows a winery to hold one retail license, which may be either

a "Class A" license or a "Class B" license. A "Class B" license issued to a winery

authorizes the retail sale of wine to be consumed by the glass or in opened containers

on the licensed premises and authorizes the retail sale of wine in the original package

or container to be consumed off the licensed premises. A winery operating under a

retail "Class B" license may not remain open for retail sales of wine between the

hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.

This bill changes the closing hour for wineries operating under a retail "Class

B" license from 9 p.m. to midnight, but allows municipalities to establish, by

ordinance, more restrictive closing hours for these wineries.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Grothman (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Kedzie (R) , Schultz (R)

12 cosponsors

August (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Jorgensen (D) , Krug (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Schraa (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wright (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 21, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Grothman, Kedzie, Schultz and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Schraa, Ballweg, Wright, August, Jorgensen, Brooks, Bies, Thiesfeldt, Krug, Loudenbeck and Ohnstad

  2. Feb 5, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism

  3. Feb 12, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 21, 2014 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  6. Feb 21, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1