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2023 SESSION
HB 1979 Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer, report.
Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Alcoholic beverage control; displays of wine and beer. Requires persons licensed to sell wine and beer for off-premises consumption that display such wine and beer outside a clearly discernible location reserved for alcoholic beverages to (i) not place such wine or beer in an area immediately adjacent to nonalcoholic beverages containing the same or similar brand name, logo, or packaging as an alcoholic beverage and (ii) equip any such display with signage that indicates the product is an alcoholic beverage, is clearly visible to consumers, and is of sufficient size to notify the consumer that the product contains alcohol. The bill clarifies that its provisions do not prohibit the placement of nonalcoholic wine or beer in or near a display of alcoholic beverages that contain the same or similar brand name, logo, or packaging as the nonalcoholic wine or beer. This bill is identical to SB 809.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101924D pdf
- 01/31/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23101924D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101924D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/23/23 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/24/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Read first time
- 01/31/23 House: Read second time
- 01/31/23 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/31/23 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1979E
- 01/31/23 House: Printed as engrossed 23101924D-E
- 02/01/23 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/01/23 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/01/23 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/10/23 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/23 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/14/23 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/14/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/14/23 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER)
- 02/21/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)