Bill Text: FL S0384 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Spirituous Beverages
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Regulated Industries [S0384 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0384-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 384 By Senator Hooper 21-00629-24 2024384__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to spirituous beverages; amending s. 3 565.10, F.S.; increasing the maximum allowable size of 4 distilled spirits containers; making a technical 5 change; amending s. 565.17, F.S.; authorizing certain 6 distilleries and primary sources of American supply to 7 conduct beverage tastings upon certain licensed 8 premises under certain circumstances; making technical 9 changes; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Section 565.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 565.10 Distilled spirits container limit.—It is unlawful 16 for any distributor or vendor to sell or distribute distilled 17 spirits in any size container in excess of 1.81.75liters or 18 60.8759.18ounces. The division is authorized to make 19 reasonable rules in accordance with chapter 120 governing the 20 standards of fill of distilled spirits containers, which rules 21 mayshallnot conflict with or be more stringent than the 22 federal regulations pertaining to such standards of fill of 23 distilled spirits containers. 24 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 565.17, Florida 25 Statutes, is amended to read: 26 565.17 Beverage tastings by distributors, craft 27 distilleries, and vendors.— 28 (1) A licensed distributor of spirituous beverages;,a 29 distillery or craft distillery as defined in s. 565.03 or which 30 is licensed in any other state to manufacture distilled spirits; 31 a primary source of American supply licensed under s. 565.095;,32 or any vendor mayis authorized toconduct spirituous beverage 33 tastings upon any licensed premises authorized to sell 34 spirituous beverages by package or for consumption on premises 35 without being in violation of s. 561.42; however,provided that36 the conduct of the spirituous beverage tasting mustshallbe 37 limited to and directed toward the general public of the age of 38 legal consumption. 39 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.