HB0082 • 2015

Brewery and microbrewery licenses-definition.

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; amending the definition of brewery and microbrewery to allow microbreweries to produce a larger quantity of malt beverages; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Representative Petroff
Last action: 2015-02-25
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2015-02-25 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2015-02-25 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0040
2015-02-23 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0040
2015-02-20 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0040
2015-02-20 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0040
2015-02-20 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
2015-02-19 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-18 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-02-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-02-12 Senate
Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2015-02-05 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue
2015-01-26 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-01-26 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2015-01-23 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-01-22 House
H COW:Passed
2015-01-21 House
H Placed on General File
2015-01-21 House
Travel:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
2015-01-19 House
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
2015-01-14 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-01-12 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0082
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0289

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 40

Chapter No.:
48

Prime Sponsor:
Petroff

Catch Title:
Brewery and microbrewery licenses-definition.

Subject:
Revises the amount of malt beverage that can be brewed by a microbrewey.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under existing law
,
a microbrewery was limited to production of less than 15,000 barrels of malt beverage per year and any amount above that required licensure as a brewery.

This bill increases the maximum production of a microbrewery to less than 50,000 barrels of malt beverage per year, and any amount above that would require licensure as a brewery.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0082

ENROLLED ACT NO.

40
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; amending the definition of brewery and microbrewery to allow microbreweries to produce a larger quantity of malt beverages; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 12
‑
1
‑
101(a)(xviii) and (xix)
is
amended to read:

12
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1
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101
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this title:

(xviii)

"Brewery" means a commercial enterprise at a single location producing
malt beverage in quantities to exceed fifteen thousand (15,000)
more than
fifty thousand (50,000)
barrels per year

of malt beverage
;

(xix)

"Microbrewery" means a commercial enterprise at a single location producing
malt beverage in quantities not to exceed fifteen thousand (15,000)
not more than
fifty thousand (50,000)
barrels per year and no less than one hundred (100) barrels per year

of malt beverage
;

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED:
_________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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