HB 162 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0195
08/04
HOUSE BILL 162
AN ACT permitting tastings by liquor manufacturers at farmers' markets.
SPONSORS: Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep. Belanger, Rock. 9; Rep. Layon,
Rock. 6; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19;
Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows liquor manufacturers to offer samples at farmers' markets.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
HB 162 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0195
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT permitting tastings by liquor manufacturers at farmers' markets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Free Drinks; Liquor Manufacturers. Amend RSA 179:44, II-a to read as follows:
2 II-a. Notwithstanding paragraph I, wine manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, nano
3 breweries, liquor manufacturers, and brew pubs may provide samples for tasting to persons of legal
4 drinking age at a farmers' market provided they have received written authorization by the town or
5 city's governing body, which authorization shall remain effective until revoked in writing, and they
6 have provided the commission with a copy of that authorization. Provision of samples shall be
7 restricted to clearly defined areas approved by the commission. Samples shall be limited to one 4-
8 ounce sample per label per person for any beer, specialty beer, or cider, [and] one 2-ounce sample per
9 label per person for any wine, and 1/2-ounce sample per label per person for any liquor.
10 2 Liquor Manufacturers License. Amend RSA 178:6, IV to read as follows:
11 IV. A liquor manufacturer may provide to visitors of legal drinking age at its facility
12 samples of liquor manufactured on the premises for tasting. Samples may be provided either free or
13 for a fee and shall be limited to one 1/2-ounce sample per label per person. Samples sold under this
14 section shall be subject to fees as established in paragraph VI. A liquor manufacturer may
15 transport its products to a farmers' market and may offer samples as provided in this
16 paragraph. Such products may be sold at retail at a farmers' market in the original
17 containers.
18 3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 179:44, 178:6
latest version: 179:44, 178:6