A bill N.C. craft distillers see as a game-changer regarding how they do business and how they can grow their businesses is headed to the governor. The N.C. Senate, which had already approved Senate Bill 290, concurred with House changes in a 31-10 vote Tuesday, July 16. The N.C. House on July 11, after years...
The N.C. House on Thursday, July 11, after years of contentious debate and myriad failed efforts, were finally able to pass a bill, in an 86-28 vote, that would align craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer. The bill, Senate Bill 290, has already passed the Senate, 39-4, and returns to...
The N.C. House is poised to pass Senate Bill 290 — which passed the Senate, 39-4, June 25. A new version of S.B. 290 on Wednesday, July 10, passed the House Rules Committee. Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance, announced in the meeting the bill had been combined with House Bill 536, which cleared the N.C. House,...
N.C. lawmakers, one could argue, have had unprecedented success this legislative session in reforming the state’s archaic laws governing spirituous liquor. Senate Bill 290 — which passed the Senate, 39-4, and was sent to the House, where it passed the House ABC Committee and now sits in the House’s Rules Committee — is one example. ...
A bill that would ease restrictive regulations on N.C. craft distillers is closer to becoming law. The N.C. Senate on Tuesday, June 25, passed Senate Bill 290, Distiller Regulatory Reform Bill, 39-4. It was sent by special message to the House. An amendment to the bill clarified some of the language in the bill and...
A bill that would align laws for North Carolina craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer easily cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 18. It now heads to Senate Rules. Senate Bill 290, Distiller Regulatory Reform Bill, would allow N.C. distilleries to sell malt beverages and unfortified and fortified...
A measure that North Carolina craft distillers are counting on to help them thrive and, in some cases, simply survive is moving in the General Assembly. Senate Bill 290 was amended and debated Wednesday, June 5, in the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee, but no vote was taken. It’s expected to be approved at the next...
The stack of bills from N.C. lawmakers looking to reform and modernize the state’s 80-year-old liquor laws is growing. In the Senate, lawmakers filed Senate Bill 290 on Monday, March 18. A companion bill, House Bill 378, came Tuesday morning. The measures would allow N.C. distilleries to sell malt beverages and unfortified and fortified wine,...
The North Carolina House on Thursday filed a companion bill to Senate Bill 155. The so-called “brunch bill” would allow restaurants to sell alcohol before noon Sunday. But, more important to the state’s burgeoning distilling industry, the bill would increase purchase limits from one bottle to five bottles per customer. It would allow the creation...
In North Carolina, more than 40 distilleries are now producing and selling liquor. Many offer tours and subsequent tastings. Each visitor can then buy a single bottle from the distillery. Every 12 months. Distilleries refer customers who want more liquor to a local ABC store, where sales aren’t limited. Some people go but many others don’t,...
