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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 218
2025-2026
Representatives Cockley, Salvo
Cosponsors: Representatives Brennan,
Ritter, White, E., Rader, Grim, Miller, J., Jarrells, Brownlee, Lett,
Somani, Sigrist, Daniels, Klopfenstein, Thomas, D., Glassburn, Deeter
To
amend section 4301.13 of the Revised Code
to
allow retail liquor permit holders to offer a discount on
dealcoholized wine under specified circumstances.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
That
section 4301.13 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec.
4301.13.
(A)
The liquor control commission may adopt, promulgate, repeal, rescind,
and amend rules to regulate the manner of dealing in and distributing
and selling bottled wine within the state. The commission may require
out-of-state producers, shippers, bottlers, and holders of federal
importers' permits shipping bottled wine into Ohio and holders of
A-2, A-2f, B-5, B-3, and B-2 permits issued by the division of liquor
control, engaged in distributing and selling bottled wine in Ohio, to
file with the division a schedule of prices in which minimum prices
are set forth for the sale of bottled wine at wholesale or retail, or
both, in Ohio. Any amendments, additions, alterations, or revisions
to the schedule of prices as originally filed with the division shall
be filed in the same manner as the original schedule of prices
required to be filed with the division.
(B)(1)
As
used in division (B)(2) of this section:
(a)
"Case" means not less than six and not more than twelve
bottles of wine, which need not be of the same brand, variety, or
volume.
(b)
"Dealcoholized beverage" means wine that has been processed
to remove its alcohol so that the beverage contains less than
one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.
(2)
The
commission may determine and fix the minimum mark-ups at wholesale or
retail, or both, for bottled wine, and fix the minimum prices at
which the various classes of bottled wine shall be distributed and
sold in Ohio either at wholesale or retail, or both. With regard to
the minimum prices at which various classes of bottled wine are sold
in the state at retail, the commission shall allow a retail permit
holder to offer to a personal consumer a ten per cent discount off
the per-bottle retail sale price on each bottle included in a case of
that wine that is offered for sale.
(2)
As used in division (B)(1) of this section, "case" means
not less than six and not more than twelve bottles of wine, which
need not be of the same brand, variety, or volume
In
conjunction with the discount on a case of wine, the commission shall
allow a retail permit holder to offer a ten per cent discount off the
per-bottle retail sale price on each bottle of dealcoholized beverage
that is offered for sale if the person purchases the dealcoholized
beverage as part of the same transaction in which the person
purchases a case of wine
.
Section
2.
That
existing section 4301.13 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.