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| Bill | Malt Beverages; provide for limited sale at retail by manufacturers | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to provide for the limited sale of malt beverages at retail by manufacturers of malt beverages; to provide for a definition; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for certain powers of the state revenue commissioner; to clarify that sales of malt beverages by brewpubs for consumption off the premises are governed by the local jurisdiction; to provide for remittance of local excise taxes by brewers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 85 | Georgia SB 85 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 85 (2017_18) — Malt Beverages; provide for limited sale at retail by manufacturers
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to malt beverages, so as to provide for the limited sale of malt beverages at retail by manufacturers of malt beverages; to provide for a definition; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for certain powers of the state revenue commissioner; to clarify that sales of malt beverages by brewpubs for consumption off the premises are governed by the local jurisdiction; to provide for remittance of local excise taxes by brewers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 49–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-26 Senate Hopper
- 2017-01-30 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-01-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-02-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-02-02 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-02-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-02-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-13 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-22 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Act 178
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/384d5b66-16c4-41e4-aee6-c6e6b1508db2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).