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Bill Relating to wine and mead; to amend Section 28-3A-20.4, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a nonprofit organization may be issued a license to host a wine festival; to further provide for the application process and conditions of licensure to host or participate in a wine festival; and to further provide for the collection and remittance of taxes due on the sale of wine at a wine festival; to amend Section 28-6A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for wine manufacturer licensees located in dry counties by allowing such manufacturers to transport and sell wine to retailers under certain limits and to specify that such licensees may host or participate in wine festivals; to amend Section 28-7-10.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for small farm wineries by permitting such wineries to produce mead; and to amend Section 28-7-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the excise tax rate for mead. Wine festivals, permit nonprofit organization to host or sponsor us/states/al Alabama Legislature 2023rs SB 285 Alabama SB 285 (2023rs)
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Alabama SB 285 (2023rs) — Relating to wine and mead; to amend Section 28-3A-20.4, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a nonprofit organization may be issued a license to host a wine festival; to further provide for the application process and conditions of licensure to host or participate in a wine festival; and to further provide for the collection and remittance of taxes due on the sale of wine at a wine festival; to amend Section 28-6A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for wine manufacturer licensees located in dry counties by allowing such manufacturers to transport and sell wine to retailers under certain limits and to specify that such licensees may host or participate in wine festivals; to amend Section 28-7-10.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for small farm wineries by permitting such wineries to produce mead; and to amend Section 28-7-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the excise tax rate for mead.

Wine festivals, permit nonprofit organization to host or sponsor

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Act 2023-525 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment MIQOHW-1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Roll of the S for Vote 689 on SB285 (2023 Regular Session) — 340 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the S for Vote 690 on SB285 (2023 Regular Session) — 340 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the H for Vote 1081 on SB285 (2023 Regular Session) — 865 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Andrew Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
  • 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
  • 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
  • 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
  • 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Economic Development and Tourism) committee-passage
  • 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Economic Development and Tourism) referral-committee
  • 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
  • 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
  • 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
  • 2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Tourism) committee-passage
  • 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Tourism) introduction, referral
  • 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
  • 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-525 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/713162f3-7bb0-4c21-aa95-84b54061fac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).