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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic Beverages; provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 63"
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citation: "Georgia SB 63 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-28"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b30d1cc9-a813-4012-bf31-09648809364a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "600a82902cd128b1826c63bf804235f455377be4d4c32cf9c2144382eafeab62"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 63 (2015_16) — Alcoholic Beverages; provide for manufacturers of malt beverages to make limited retail sales of malt beverages under certain circumstances
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 36 2666** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146133.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151106.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 2768S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150485.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1 AM 36 0499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151067.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2 AM 36 0509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151068.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 2a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151082.pdf)
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7. **Floor amend 3 AM 36 0507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151069.pdf)
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8. **Floor amend 4 AM 36 0508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151084.pdf)
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9. **LC 36 2815S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152278.pdf)
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10. **SB 63/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154042.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Vincent Fort — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 57 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b30d1cc9-a813-4012-bf31-09648809364a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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