Bill Text: NH SB340 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to the direct to consumer shipment of alcohol to New Hampshire residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-04 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/04/2022 House Journal 11 [SB340 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB340-Amended.html

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SB 340-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/31/2022   1237s

2022 SESSION

22-3094

08/04

 

SENATE BILL 340-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the direct to consumer shipment of alcohol to New Hampshire residents.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Rep. Healey, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes changes to direct to consumer shipments of alcohol to New Hampshire residents.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/31/2022   1237s 22-3094

08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to the direct to consumer shipment of alcohol to New Hampshire residents.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Direct Shipment of Alcohol to New Hampshire Residents.  Amend RSA 178:27-b, II to read as follows:

II. No liquor manufacturer shall ship more than 60 individual containers of not more than one liter each of liquor to any consumer's address in New Hampshire in any calendar year. No wine manufacturer shall ship more than 12 9-liter cases or equivalent of wine to any consumer's address in New Hampshire in any calendar year. No beverage manufacturer, nano brewery, brew pub, or beverage distributor shall ship more than [27] 50 gallons of beer, specialty beer or specialty beverage in individual containers of not more than one liter to any consumer's address in New Hampshire in any calendar year. Beer, specialty beer and specialty beverages delivered to New Hampshire consumers under this section shall not exceed 8 percent alcohol by volume.

2  Direct Shippers; Beer.  Amend RSA 178:27, IV to read as follows:

IV. No direct shipper shall ship more than [27] 50 gallons of beer or beverage in individual containers of not more than one liter to any licensee or consumer in New Hampshire in any calendar year.

3  Repeal.  RSA 178:27-b, IV(a)(2), relative to the names and addresses of purchasers of shipped alcoholic beverages, is repealed.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

 

LBA

22-3094

12/6/21

 

SB 340-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the direct to consumer shipment of alcohol to New Hampshire residents.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

	Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Appropriation	$0	$0	$0	$0
Revenue	$0	Indeterminable	Indeterminable	Indeterminable
Expenditures	$0	Indeterminable	Indeterminable	Indeterminable
Funding Source:	[    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Liquor Fund

METHODOLOGY:

The Liquor Commissioner states this bill seeks to remove the limitations on the quantity of alcoholic beverages that may be shipped to New Hampshire consumers under the provisions of RSA 178:27-b.  RSA 178:27-b became effective on July 1, 2021 and the limitations on the quantities are the same as the limitations imposed on out of state direct shippers pursuant to RSA 178:27, III.  New Hampshire manufacturers and beverage distributors who ship alcohol directly to NH consumers are required to file a monthly report of shipments.   The Commission’s audit unit reports of the 183 eligible licensees, 16 manufacturers have secured direct to consumer shipping permits. Only three of those licensees have shipped products directly to a consumer.  The three licensees shipped 4,123 bottles of wine and beer, which generated $1,797 in tax revenue.  As of this date the Commission’s audit unit has not had the opportunity to visit these businesses and these amounts have not been audited.  Therefore, the Commission is unable to provide any verified data showing the fiscal impact of repealing the quantity limits in RSA 178:27-b, II.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Liquor Commission