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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 331

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Relating to: taste samples of fermented apple cider provided by a winery.

Alcohol beverage — Regulation Alcohol beverage — Sale to minors

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law defines "wine" to include products that contain at least 0.5 percent

but not more than 21 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) and that are obtained from

the fermentation of grapes or other fruits, including fermented apple cider. A winery

permit authorizes the manufacture and bottling of wine on the winery premises for

sale to wholesalers and the provision of taste samples on the winery premises of wine

manufactured on the premises.

This bill authorizes a winery to provide, on the winery premises and without

charge, taste samples of cider manufactured by another Wisconsin winery. For

purposes of the bill, "cider" means fermented apple cider with an alcohol content not

exceeding 7 percent ABV. The bill also allows a Wisconsin winery to provide cider

to another Wisconsin winery for use by the other winery in providing taste samples.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , Danou (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

7 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Gudex (R) , Kahl (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lazich (R) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Danou, Berceau, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Brostoff and Ohnstad; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Gudex, Ringhand, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Lazich

  2. Sep 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Sep 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Kahl added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1