Three-tier, distribution and franchise laws by state

SB 287: Alcoholic beverage importers; to recognize that an importer licensee may import alcoholic beverages from any jurisdiction outside of the State of Alabama

A person licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to import alcoholic beverages may import alcoholic beverages manufactured anywhere outside the state. Importer licensees must file label lists and federal label approvals with the board before making sales, mail consolidated monthly reports of shipments to the board, and maintain books and records open to board inspection.

Took effect 1 October 2026

HB 1730: To amend the law concerning the issuance and transfer of wholesale permits.

A new wholesaler permit may not be issued on or after September 1, 2013, except that a new minimum wholesaler permit under Arkansas Code § 3-4-607 may be issued on or after the effective date of this act. A holder of a wholesaler permit issued on or before September 1, 2013, may renew and transfer the permit as permitted under applicable law or regulation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.

HB 1455: To authorize certain private clubs to purchase certain products directly from a small brewery permit holder under an exclusive agreement.

A small brewery permit holder may enter into an exclusive agreement with only one private club at a time. A private club located in an entertainment district and a small brewery permit holder entering into an exclusive agreement must be located in adjacent counties.

SB 365: To amend the arkansas small brewery act to authorize the operation of three small brewery taprooms by a holder of a small brewery license.

A holder of a small brewery license may operate no more than three small brewery taprooms.

AB 2375: Alcoholic beverage control.

Licensed wholesalers must initiate electronic funds transfer payment from licensed retailers by the 30th day after delivery of beer, wine, or distilled spirits. If payment is not received by day 30, wholesalers must charge 1 percent of the unpaid balance on day 31 and an additional 1 percent for each subsequent 30-day period. Wholesalers must select third-party payment processors meeting specified requirements.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 1273: Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions: instructional events and promotional lectures: advertisements.

Winegrowers, wine importers, beer manufacturers, and distilled spirits licensees may conduct instructional events at retail premises and advertise them with videos up to 60 seconds long containing pictures of the retailer's premises, personnel, and customers. Advertisements must not contain retail prices or laudatory references to the retailer beyond event participation.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 744: Alcoholic beverage control: tied-house restrictions: exceptions: off-sale retail services.

Winegrowers, wine blenders, beer manufacturers, brandy manufacturers, distilled spirits manufacturers, rectifiers, distilled spirits wholesalers, and beer and wine wholesalers may perform specified services for off-sale retail licensees, including stacking, rotating, and rearranging alcoholic beverages. Single-serve containers are redefined to include distilled spirits between 50 and 500 milliliters and wine between 187 and 500 milliliters. Beer manufacturer licensees are exempt from draught beer labeling requirements.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

SB 1195: Tied-house exceptions: advertising: Counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego.

Beer manufacturers, winegrower's license holders, rectifiers, craft distillers, distilled spirits manufacturers, and distilled spirits manufacturer's agents may purchase advertising space and time from on-sale retail licensees at specified venues in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties, subject to written contracts and conditions including service of competing brands.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 344: Alcoholic beverages: beer price posting and marketing regulations: definitions.

A successor beer manufacturer or any person, whether licensed or unlicensed, who acquires rights to manufacture, import, or distribute beer and cancels an existing beer wholesaler's distribution rights must notify the wholesaler by certified mail and ensure the successor beer manufacturer's designee negotiates in good faith to determine fair market value compensation for affected distribution rights.

AB 8: Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.

Beginning January 1, 2026, industrial hemp raw extract incorporated into food, beverages, or dietary supplements must have purity greater than 99 percent and contain no THC or synthetic cannabinoids. Beginning January 1, 2028, industrial hemp entering the licensed cannabis market must comply with cannabis regulatory requirements including track and trace, testing, and security standards.

Took effect 1 January 2026

AB 445: Alcoholic beverages.

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control may issue up to 10 additional new original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in Colusa County. Licensees must not transfer these licenses out of the county or to non-qualifying premises, and must not sell or transfer them for more than the original fee paid. Beer manufacturers must file delivery records within 30 days and maintain three-year records of glassware provided.

Took effect 1 January 2026

AB 233: Alcoholic beverages: licensees.

A licensed beer manufacturer or a licensed beer wholesaler may sell beer from wagons, trailers, or trucks operated by them to licensees authorized to sell beer, in addition to selling beer at their licensed premises.

Took effect 1 January 2026

SB 114: Spirituous Liquor Manufacturer Sales Rooms & Other Alcohol

S 1301: BEER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding sales by certain licensed brewers.

Licensed brewers producing fewer than 30,000 barrels annually may sell at retail at their main production brewery and up to two remote retail locations. Wholesalers must file written notice with the director designating the geographic territory where they will distribute beer, which cannot be changed without consent of both the brewer or dealer and wholesaler.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 1052: Various administrative law matters.

Operators or individuals conducting sweepstakes games knowingly using the Internet in Indiana or involving Indiana residents must cease. Beer wholesalers may deliver beer to food manufacturers registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration for product integration. Wine retailers whose wine sales represent at least 60% of annual gross income may allow customer self-service for sealed wine bottles for off-premises consumption.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HF 2780: A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverage control by providing for certificates of compliance and the issuance of class “A” wine permits to nonnative wine manufacturers, permitting cities to create social districts for the consumption of alcoholic beverages, and providing fees.

Manufacturers, distillers, importers, and vendors of alcoholic liquors must obtain and annually renew a certificate of compliance for two hundred dollars before shipping or selling into Iowa. Nonnative wine manufacturers may obtain class A wine permits without Iowa residency. Cities may adopt ordinances designating social districts where persons may possess and consume alcoholic beverages on public streets in marked containers from participating retail licensees.

Took effect 1 July 2026

HB 618: AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Holders of limited restaurant licenses, NQ2 retail drink licenses, quota retail drink licenses, and NQ4 retail malt beverage drink licenses may purchase alcoholic beverages by the package from retail licensees only if those beverages have first gone through the three-tier system, with monthly purchase limits of nine liters of distilled spirits, nine liters of wine, and three cases of malt beverages, and must report quarterly with purchase receipts.

HB 1053: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to the definitions of a "dealer" and a "retail dealer"

A business offering alcoholic beverages on a complimentary basis must bear all costs exclusively, purchase from licensed retailers, maintain records for two years, and comply with all state and local taxes. The business must not allow manufacturers, wholesalers, or retailers to subsidize costs, must not advertise complimentary service, must not operate a bar structure, must limit service to two servings per person per day in disposable drinkware, and must not serve persons under twenty-one or visibly intoxicated persons.

HB 1251: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to manufacturing distillers (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

In-state manufacturing distillers that distill less than one hundred gallons must obtain a permit from the commissioner before engaging in the business of manufacturing, supplying, or dealing in alcoholic beverages and must pay a fee of one hundred dollars for each year the permit is valid.

LD 683: An Act To Clarify The Law Governing The Minimum Indirect Financial Interest Disclosure Requirement For Liquor Licenses

An applicant for a liquor license or certificate of approval must disclose any person that holds an indirect financial interest equal to or greater than 10% in the applicant. Indirect financial interest includes options, warrants, or rights to acquire equity interests, and rights to payment based on revenues, profits, losses, profit sharing, revenue sharing, or royalty payments.

LD 262: An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Taste Testing Of Wine And Malt Liquor To Facilitate Marketing By Wholesalers

Wholesale licensees may rent or lease an area or room from an on-premises retail licensee or any unlicensed venue to hold taste-testing events for wine or malt liquor products with the bureau's written permission. After the event concludes, the wholesale licensee must remove all products supplied for the taste-testing event from the premises.

HB 4824: Liquor: other; definition of brand; modify. Amends secs. 105 & 1115 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1105 436.2115) & adds sec. 604.

SB 512: Liquor: distribution; general amendments; provide for. Amends secs. 303, 526, 607, 609b, 903b & 1025 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1303 et seq.) & adds secs. 412, 609k & 804. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0513'25

SB 513: Liquor: other; definition of brand; modify. Amends sec. 105 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1105) & adds sec. 604. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0512'25

HB 4403: Liquor: other; leasing, selling, and transferring portions of certain alternating proprietors under approval of commission; allow. Amends secs. 105 & 603 of 1998 PA 58 (MCL 436.1105 & 436.1603).

The commission may approve alternating proprietorships where wine makers, brewers, distillers, or mixed spirit manufacturers take turns using the same space and equipment, subject to written approval from the United States Department of Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and compliance with specified federal regulations.

SB 2555: Native wineries; authorize to make sales at one satellite location in same county.

Native wineries are authorized to make sales to the department of revenue or to consumers at one satellite location in the same county as the native winery's original location, in addition to sales at the winery's original location or immediate vicinity.

HB 86: Generally revise beer wholesaler and table wine laws

Breweries, beer importers, wineries, and wine importers must enter written agreements of distributorship with distributors specifying territory, brands, pricing authority, and termination procedures. Distributors must maintain service obligations, call on retailers regularly, and file agreements with the department. Distributors cannot have financial interests in retailers.

HB 549: Allowing for distillery warehouse receipts

A Montana distillery licensee may issue or sell warehouse receipts for liquor stored at its licensed premises within bonded portions. Warehouse receipts may be resold by holders to any person, and distilleries or holders may use intermediary businesses to market and manage warehouse receipt sales. Ownership of warehouse receipts does not constitute ownership interest in the distillery business or license.

HB 92: Generally revise laws related to alcohol regulation

Wholesalers must not sell beer to the public except as provided in section 16-3-316. Licensed retailers must not purchase beer or wine except from breweries, wineries, or wholesalers. Persons holding security interests in alcoholic beverage licenses must notify the department within 7 days of licensee default and either apply for license transfer or place the license on nonuse status, transferring ownership within 180 days.

LB 478: Provide for an auction permit and a wholesalers shipping license and change other provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Auction houses holding an auction permit must notify the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission of all auctions and provide inventories of products to be sold. Wholesalers located outside Nebraska holding a wholesalers shipping license may ship alcoholic liquor only to licensed Nebraska wholesalers. Licensed manufacturers, wholesalers, and shipping license holders must submit reports to the commission before importing alcoholic liquor into Nebraska.

HB 1765: enabling wine and beverage manufacturers to offer tastings of and sell products of certain New Hampshire wine and beverage manufacturers and relative to defacing of controlled products.

Wine manufacturers may sell wines at retail or wholesale at their winery and at one wine manufacturer retail outlet, paying an annual fee of $216. Wine manufacturers may provide samples of up to one 2-ounce sample per label or one 5-ounce glass per person, or up to two 5-ounce glasses per person when food is available. Beverage manufacturers producing 15,000 barrels or less may distribute directly to retail licensees provided in-state direct retail sales do not exceed 5,000 barrels.

A 8796: Provides an exemption for certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions for on-premises alcohol consumption for certain manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages

Exempts two specific parcels of land in Manhattan (the fourth floor of a building on East 57th Street and a parcel between Fifth Avenue and East 57th-58th Streets) from licensing restrictions for on-premises alcohol consumption for certain manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages, subject to conditions including prior acquisition and limits on direct purchases and sourcing.

S 9153: Relates to licensing restrictions for on-premises alcohol consumption for manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages at specific locations

Amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to add three specifically described parcels of land in Ontario County, New York to the list of locations where manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages may be licensed for on-premises alcohol consumption.

S 9273: Exempts certain parcels of land from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises; repealer

Businesses or entities located on specified parcels in Manhattan bounded by West 48th Street, Fifth Avenue, West 49th Street, and Rockefeller Plaza are exempted from prohibitions on manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers sharing interests in licensed premises, provided the interest was acquired before the effective date and the retail licensee does not purchase alcoholic beverages for resale directly from the manufacturer.

S 9516: Relates to the exemption of certain parcels of land from the licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises

Exempts a specific parcel on the fifth floor of a building in Manhattan bounded by Greene Street and Mercer Street from restrictions prohibiting manufacturers or wholesalers from sharing interest in a licensed retail premises, provided such interest was acquired before the law's effective date.

A 6277: Establishes a brand owner's license

Any person with a federal basic permit may apply to the liquor authority for a brand owner's license, which authorizes contracting with licensed manufacturers for product manufacturing, appointing licensed wholesalers as exclusive brand agents, and selling alcoholic beverages to appointed wholesalers.

S 409: Permits certain retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from certain other retail licensees

A retail licensee for off-premises consumption may sell up to six bottles of wine or liquor in the aggregate per week to a retail licensee for on-premises consumption. A retail licensee for on-premises consumption may purchase up to six bottles of wine or liquor in the aggregate per week from an off-premises retail licensee and resell it for on-premises consumption. Both licensees must retain purchase receipts and make them available for inspection.

Took effect 5 March 2026

SB 664: JMAC/ABC/Other Revisions.

Businesses receiving Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund grants must maintain required employment levels or face proportional grant reductions. A business failing to maintain required employment by more than 100 employees incurs a one percent grant reduction per employee below threshold. Distilleries in alternating proprietorships must maintain appropriate records and remit appropriate taxes.

SB 2136: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 5-04-02 and 5-04-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wholesaler and brewer relations.

A brewer may not induce or coerce a beer wholesaler to accept unordered delivery, enter unlawful agreements, restrict sales of competing brands without material impairment justification, demand confidential competitive information, fail to provide written contracts conforming to the chapter, or prohibit use of business-to-business electronic commerce platforms. A purchaser of a brewer must assume all agreement terms in effect at purchase unless good cause exists.

SB 592: Alcoholic beverages; allowing certain distributors to issue certain credit to certain retailer; limiting number of certain credits. Effective date.

Beer distributors, small brewer self-distributors, and brewpub self-distributors may issue a credit to retailers for beer or cider removed from the retailer's premises only after making two quality control replacements for the same brand within one calendar year. The credit is limited to once per calendar year per retailer, four cases maximum, and may only apply to future purchases, not refunds.

Took effect 1 November 2026

HB 2803: Alcoholic beverages; termination of distribution agreements; requirements; arbitration; inventory; effective date.

Brewers must establish good cause and provide beer distributors sixty days' written notice to cure noncompliance before terminating distributor agreements, except for immediate termination grounds including payment failure, insolvency, license revocation, felony conviction, unauthorized ownership transfer, fraudulent conduct, business cessation, or unauthorized sales outside territory. Brewers must pay fair market value for distribution rights and purchase remaining inventory at laid-in cost upon termination.

Took effect 1 November 2025

SB 871: Relating to alcohol; and prescribing an effective date.

Licensees holding licenses under ORS 471.175, 471.178, 471.186, 471.190, or 471.200 must maintain invoices of all alcoholic beverage deliveries to their licensed premises, including purchase particulars and any discounts or allowances, and keep invoices for three years from delivery date. Invoices must be made available for inspection by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission upon request.

SB 2295: Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, imposes an additional 10 percent tax on a hemp-derived cannabinoid product's wholesale cost if the product is inhalable in cartridge form. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

SB 192: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, requires a manufacturer's license for the manufacturing of alcoholic spiritous beverages or vintage alcoholic beverages issued to or renewed by a manufacturer to authorize the sale at retail a product for which a manufacturer owns the intellectual property rights and that the manufacturer received bottled as imported from Mexico; authorizes the manufacturer to serve certain samples of the product manufactured or distilled at the premises or imported and registered for distribution and sale in this state. - Amends TCA Title 57.

SB 111: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a licensee that holds more than a 50 percent ownership interest in a manufacturer and a winery that are located on the same deeded property to offer product tastings and make retail sales for consumption on or off of such premises of its wine or spirits manufactured on such deeded property at a location on the overlapping premises other than on the bonded premises of the manufacturer or winery. - Amends TCA Title 57.

A licensee holding at least fifty-one percent ownership in both a winery licensed under TCA 57-3-207 and a manufacturer licensed under TCA 57-3-202 may designate an overlapping area on the same deeded property where the premises are contiguous to offer product tastings and make retail sales for consumption on or off premises, provided all alcoholic beverages sold there are manufactured on-site by either entity and the overlapping premises exclude bonded areas.

SB 1355: Relating to liquor sales on credit by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit to a wholesaler.

The holder of a wholesaler's permit must pay for liquor purchased from a holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit according to agreed contract terms. The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit must provide a written invoice to the wholesaler.

Took effect 1 September 2025

SB 424: Alcoholic beverage control; distiller's licensees as agents of Board, sale of alcoholic beverages.

The Board may appoint holders of distiller's licenses or their officers and employees as agents to sell spirits and low alcohol beverage coolers at government stores. Such agents must sell in accordance with the subtitle, Board regulations, and agency agreements, and must have food reasonably available when spirits are served. The Board shall pay agents a commission of not less than 20 percent of retail price.

SB 532: Alcoholic beverage control; banquet license, municipality or nonprofit organization.

The Board may grant a banquet special event license or mixed beverage special event license to a retail licensee that is a duly organized nonprofit corporation or association for an event where a farm winery, winery, brewery, or distillery is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, provided the retail licensee temporarily suspends its retail operations for the event's duration.

HB 1703: Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions.

Manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers, and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages are prohibited from acquiring financial interests in retail licensee businesses or premises, with limited exceptions for brewery and winery financing of wholesale licensees under strict conditions, and from making agreements requiring retail licensees to exclude competitors' products.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SB 834: Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions.

Manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers, and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages are prohibited from acquiring or holding financial interests in retail licensee businesses or premises, with limited exceptions for financing arrangements, banquet licenses, and specific brewery conduct. They must not make agreements requiring retail licensees to exclude competitors' products.

Took effect 1 July 2025