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GA HB 581

died on adjournment

Georgia Craft Brewery Innovation and Survival Act; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 581 pass?

No. GA HB 581 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-26): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 581 about?

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 regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of malt beverages; to provide for definitions; to authorize manufacturers of malt beverages to sell or donate malt beverages they produce, subject to certain limitations and conditions; to provide for direct donation of malt beverages by brewers and brewpubs to certain charitable events; to provide that sales for consumption off the premises are not subject to a daily maximum; to permit small brewers to sell a limited quantity of malt beverages at wholesale; to provide for remittance of excise and use taxes on donated malt beverages; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 581?

Leesa Hagan, Marcus Wiedower, Chas Cannon and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 581.

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 regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of malt beverages; to provide for definitions; to authorize manufacturers of malt beverages to sell or donate malt beverages they produce, subject to certain limitations and conditions; to provide for direct donation of malt beverages by brewers and brewpubs to certain charitable events; to provide that sales for consumption off the premises are not subject to a daily maximum; to permit small brewers to sell a limited quantity of malt beverages at wholesale; to provide for remittance of excise and use taxes on donated malt beverages; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-02-26 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leesa Haganprimary
  • Marcus Wiedowerprimary
  • Chas Cannonprimary
  • Yasmin Nealprimary
  • Tyler Paul Smithprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-24

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-26

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70669

Attribution

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