republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-63.md

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Bill	Alcoholic Beverages; provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances; to change the definition of a "brewpub"; to provide for licensed brewpubs to sell malt beverages manufactured on its premises to the public for off-premises consumption; to define the term "tasting room"; to provide for legislative intent; to create a limited exception to the three-tier distribution system so as to allow licensed malt beverage manufacturers to sell limited amounts of malt beverages directly to the public for on-premises and off-premises consumption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 63	Georgia SB 63 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Brandon Beach Burt Jones Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler Ed Harbison Elena Parent Ellis Black Frank Ginn Hunter Hill Jesse Stone John Albers Judson Hill Michael Williams P. K. Martin IV Steve Gooch Tommie Williams Vincent Fort	10	16	1	2015-01-28	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b30d1cc9-a813-4012-bf31-09648809364a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	600a82902cd128b1826c63bf804235f455377be4d4c32cf9c2144382eafeab62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 63 (2015_16) — Alcoholic Beverages; provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alcoholic beverages, so as to provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances; to change the definition of a "brewpub"; to provide for licensed brewpubs to sell malt beverages manufactured on its premises to the public for off-premises consumption; to define the term "tasting room"; to provide for legislative intent; to create a limited exception to the three-tier distribution system so as to allow licensed malt beverage manufacturers to sell limited amounts of malt beverages directly to the public for on-premises and off-premises consumption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced LC 36 2666 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 2768S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0499 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 AM 36 0509 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 2a (committee substitute) — source
7. Floor amend 3 AM 36 0507 (committee substitute) — source
8. Floor amend 4 AM 36 0508 (committee substitute) — source
9. LC 36 2815S/hss (committee substitute) — source
10. SB 63/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2015-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 57 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b30d1cc9-a813-4012-bf31-09648809364a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).