HB 238 -- DISTILLED SPIRITS

SPONSOR: Porter

COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on General Laws by a vote of 15 to 1. Voted "Do Pass" by the Standing Committee on Rules- Legislative Oversight by a vote of 9 to 0.

This bill modifies provisions relating to donations and delivery of certain alcoholic beverages for nonresale purposes to include distilled spirits.

This bill is the same as HB 1632 (2020).

PROPONENTS: Supporters say that this bill modernizes existing laws that previously omitted distilled spirits but included other alcoholic beverages.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Porter; Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits; Amy Blansit; and Arnie C. Dienoff.

Irina Lipkina-Kler provided written testimony in opposition.

Written testimony has been submitted for this bill. The full written testimony can be found under Testimony on the bill page on the House website.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (0368H.01): 311.332