HB1077 • 2026

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Chasity Martinez
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on the specific requirements or processes for obtaining the permits mentioned, nor does it define what constitutes a 'special event'.

Microbrewery Sales at Special Events

This bill allows microbreweries to sell their beer and malt beverages at special events with a permit, provided they have both a microbrewer's permit and a Class A Retailer permit.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to allow microbreweries to sell their drinks at special events if they have both a microbrewer's permit and a Class A Retailer permit.
Limits microbreweries to no more than twelve permits for selling at special events.
Requires these permits to be issued in the same name as the microbrewer’s permit.

Who It Names or Affects

Microbreweries that have both a microbrewer's permit and a Class A Retailer permit
People attending special events where microbrewery drinks are sold

Terms To Know

microbrewer’s permit: A license given to businesses that make beer or malt beverages.
Class A Retailer permit: A type of retail alcohol sales permit issued by the state.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what qualifies as a 'special event'.

Bill History

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

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 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:
Page 1 of 1
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.