Georgia Senate Bill 85 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 7)
Status: Passed on May 8 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-08 - Act 178
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

Malt Beverages; provide for limited sale at retail by manufacturers

Sen. Rick Jeffares [R]	Sen. Hunter Hill [R]	Sen. P.K. Martin [R]	Sen. Chuck Hufstetler [R]
Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. Frank Ginn [R]	Rep. Howard Maxwell [R]

2017-03-22 - Senate - Senate Vote #212 (Y: 52 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-03-13 - House - House Vote #263 (Y: 147 N: 14 NV: 10 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate Vote #20 (Y: 49 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-08		Act 178
2017-05-08	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2017-04-03	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2017-03-22	Senate	Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2017-03-13	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2017-03-13	House	House Third Readers
2017-02-14	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-02-08	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-07	House	House First Readers
2017-02-02	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2017-02-02	Senate	Senate Third Read
2017-02-01	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2017-01-31	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-01-30	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-01-26	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/49991
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/163697
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/163932
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164325
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/165285
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/169106
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/49991#14747
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/49991#15143
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/49991#15214