HB1077 • 2026

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Chasity Martinez
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 698
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Microbreweries Can Sell Beer at Special Events

This act allows microbreweries to sell beer and other malt beverages at special events with permits issued by the state.

What This Bill Does

Changes a law to allow microbreweries to get permits for selling their drinks at special events.
Limits microbreweries to getting no more than twelve permits for these sales.
Requires that any permit for selling at special events must be in the same name as the microbrewery's main permit.

Who It Names or Affects

Microbreweries that want to sell their drinks at special events
People who attend special events where microbreweries are allowed to sell beer and other malt beverages

Terms To Know

microbrewery's permit: A document given by the state that allows a business to make and sell certain types of drinks, like beer.
Retailer, Class A permit: A special permission from the government for businesses to sell drinks directly to customers.

Limits and Unknowns

The act only allows microbreweries with both a microbrewery's permit and a Retailer, Class A permit to sell at events.
It is not clear how many special events will actually get these permits from the state.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-02 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 698.
2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-04 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-04-29 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-29 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-27 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
2026-04-27 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-23 H
Reported favorably (16-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 6982026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1077
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 26:271.1(A)(1), relative to microbreweries; to provide relative
3 to permits; to authorize a permit for the sale of manufactured beverages at special
4 events; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 26:271.1(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §271.1. Microbrewery; retail sales on or off premises
8 A.(1) Any person who has properly obtained a microbrewer's permit as
9 provided for in R.S. 26:271 shall be authorized to engage in the brewing of beer and
10 other malt beverages in a quantity not to exceed twelve thousand five hundred
11 barrels during the licensed year. The holder of such permit shall also be authorized
12 to sell the manufactured beverages at retail for consumption on or off the licensed
13 premises, if the holder also has been issued a Retailer, Class A permit. Additionally,
14 the holder of a microbrewer's permit and a Class A permit shall be authorized to sell
15 the manufactured beverages at special events through not more than twelve permits
16 issued in accordance with LAC Title 55, Part VII, Subpart 1 §323(B), if such permit
17 is issued in the same name as the microbrewer's permit.
18 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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