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2023 HB 6548: An Act Concerning The Department Of Consumer Protection's Recommendations Regarding Alcoholic Liquor Regulation.

To: (1) Authorize (A) alcoholic liquor manufacturers to enter into alternating proprietorship agreements, and (B) certain liquor permittees to enter into contract manufacturing agreements; (2) establish temporary auction permits; (3) provide that a permitted manufacturer of spirits or beer that also holds a farmers' market sales permit may sell, and offer free tastings of, its spirits or beer at a farmers' market operated as a nonprofit enterprise or association; (4) expand the off-site farm winery sales and wine, cider and mead tasting permit to include additional liquor permittees; (5) eliminate the sunset date concerning the period during which certain liquor permittees may sell liquor in sealed containers for off-premises consumption; (6) replace temporary beer and liquor permits with a temporary liquor permit for noncommercial entities; (7) authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue farmers' market sales permits to spirits manufacturers; (8) authorize certain liquor manufacturers that hold out-of-state shipper's permits for beer to engage in additional sales and shipping activities under festival permits; (9) provide that no person who assists an applicant, backer or liquor permittee in submitting an application for a liquor permit shall submit, or cause to be submitted, any false statement in connection with such application, or engage in any conduct which delays or impedes the Department of Consumer Protection in processing such application, provide that submitting any such statement or engaging in any such conduct shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to impose civil penalties on any person who submits any such statement or engages in any such conduct; (10) provide that a liquor permittee shall be a director, employee, member, officer, partner or shareholder of its backer; (11) provide that the department may summarily suspend a renewed liquor permit if the liquor permittee fails to timely submit a fire marshal certificate to the department; (12) subject beer manufacturers to beer keg identification, receipt and refund requirements; (13) eliminate special club, charitable organization, nonprofit public television corporation and nonprofit corporation permits; and (14) make minor, technical and conforming changes to the Liquor Control Act.

Sponsors

  • Veach, Donna
  • Delnicki, Tom

Actions

2023-01-26 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law
2023-01-27 PUBLIC HEARING 0131
2023-03-02 Joint Favorable Substitute
2023-03-03 FILED WITH LCO
2023-03-13 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23
2023-03-20 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
2023-03-20 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
2023-03-20 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 87
2023-03-20 FILE NO. 118
2023-05-10 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
2023-05-10 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
2023-05-12 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
2023-05-12 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 497
2023-05-12 FILE NO. 780
2023-06-02 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
2023-06-02 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
2023-06-02 IN CONCURRENCE
2023-06-06 PUBLIC ACT 23-50
2023-06-07 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
2023-06-07 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
2023-06-13 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

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