MS SB2545 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on July 1 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-01 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on July 1 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-01 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Festival Wine Permit To Authorize Wine Manufacturers And Native Wine Producers To Transport Their Products To Festivals Held Within The State, To Sell Sealed, Unopened Bottles To Festival Participants, And To Provide Free Samples To Participants; To Define "festival" As Any Event At Which Three Or More Vendors Are Present At A Location For The Sale Or Distribution Of Goods; To Exempt The Holder Of A Festival Wine Permit From The Requirement To Purchase The Alcoholic Beverages Authorized To Be Sold From The Department Of Revenue's Liquor Distribution Warehouse, Subject To Payment Of Applicable Taxes, Fees And Surcharges; To Require The Holder Of A Festival Wine Permit To File Applicable Reports And Returns As Prescribed By The Department Of Revenue; To Provide For The Issue Of The Festival Wine Permit Per Festival For Two Consecutive Days, During The Hours Authorized For On-premises Permittees Sales In That County Or City; To Provide That The Festival Wine Permit May Be Issued To Entities Participating In Festivals At Which A Class 1 Temporary Permit Is In Effect; To Allow A Holder Of A Native Wine Retailer's Permit, When Selling To Consumers For On-premises Consumption, To Add To The Native Wine Alcoholic Beverages Not Produced On The Premises, So Long As The Total Volume Of Foreign Beverage Components Does Not Exceed 20% Of The Mixed Beverage; To Provide That Hours Of Sale Shall Be The Same As Those Authorized For On-premises Permittees In The City Or County In Which The Native Wine Retailer Is Located; To Amend Section 67-1-52, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Holder Of A Package Retailer's Permit To Offer Free Tastings And Samplings Without Prior Written Approval From The Department, And To Remove Certain Restrictions On Such Tastings And Samplings; To Provide That In Addition To Employees Of A Package Retailer, A Third Party May Serve Any Product For Tasting Or Sampling And May Open, Touch And Pour Product As Well As Make A Presentation And Answer Questions; To Amend Section 27-71-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A $10.00 Privilege License Tax To Apply To The Festival Wine Permit; To Amend Section 67-1-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Holders Of Festival Wine Permits From The Section's Application; To Allow The Department Of Revenue To Promulgate Rules Facilitating A Retailer's Onsite Pickup Of Native Wines Sold By The Department, So That Those Wines May Be Delivered To The Retailer At The Native Winery Instead Of Via Shipment From The Department's Warehouse; To Amend Section 67-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Native Wineries To Hold Native Wines Sold To Retailers Through The Department Of Revenue For Onsite Pickup, Instead Of Shipping Them To The Department Warehouse; To Amend Section 67-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Honey As A Product From Which Native Wines May Be Made, In Conformity With Other Provisions Of Mississippi Law; To Amend Section 67-1-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow A Distiller, Wine Manufacturer, Rectifier, Blender Or Bottler To Have A Financial Interest In And Possess A Festival Wine Permit; To Amend Section 67-1-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Above; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Native wines; allow sampling and sale at public events, pickup at wineries, and sale of alcoholic additives in tasting rooms.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-06-23 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 42 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-17 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 105 N: 12 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 40 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-17 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 105 N: 12 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 40 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-01 | Approved by Governor | |
| 2020-06-25 | House | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2020-06-25 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2020-06-23 | Senate | Concurred in Amend From House |
| 2020-06-18 | House | Returned For Concurrence |
| 2020-06-17 | House | Passed As Amended |
| 2020-06-17 | House | Amended |
| 2020-06-16 | House | Read the Third Time |
| 2020-06-09 | House | Title Suff Do Pass As Amended |
| 2020-06-09 | House | DR - TSDPAA: WM To TO |
| 2020-06-04 | House | DR - TSDPAA: TO To WM |
| 2020-03-25 | House | Referred To Tourism;Ways and Means |
| 2020-03-17 | Senate | Transmitted To House |
| 2020-03-16 | Senate | Motion to Reconsider Tabled |
| 2020-03-13 | Senate | Motion to Reconsider Entered |
| 2020-03-12 | Senate | Passed As Amended |
| 2020-03-12 | Senate | Amended |
| 2020-03-12 | Senate | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2020-03-02 | Senate | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2020-02-26 | Senate | DR - TSDPCS: TO To FI |
| 2020-02-17 | Senate | Referred To Tourism;Finance |
