Vermont alcohol laws

What it would do: Approves a charter amendment for the City of Burlington that prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm in premises licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, with exceptions for certain license types and authorized law enforcement and military personnel, and establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations.

What it would do: The bill prohibits holders of alcoholic beverage retail licenses from commingling alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages in the same retail display, and appropriates funds to the Cannabis Control Board to commission an independent legal analysis of state cannabis advertising regulation.

What it would do: Allows licensed alcoholic beverage manufacturers to sell beverages from up to five other manufacturers at not more than 10 fourth-class license locations. Reduces the advance notice requirement for retail alcoholic beverage tasting permits from five days to one day.

What it would do: Prohibits possession of lighted cannabis or cannabis products and consumption of cannabis by inhalation in prohibited places, defined as locations where tobacco use is prohibited by law, and allows municipalities to regulate or prohibit cannabis possession and consumption in public places.

What it would do: Authorizes licensed malt beverage manufacturers to distribute up to 5,000 barrels annually directly to first- or second-class license holders. Amends the caterer's license definition to remove restrictions on serving alcoholic beverages at first- or first- and third-class licensed locations.

What it would do: Authorizes licensed malt beverage manufacturers to distribute malt beverages directly to holders of first- or second-class licenses, limited to an annual total of not more than 5,000 barrels per manufacturer. Effective July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Increases the maximum volumes of alcoholic beverages that fourth-class licensees may distribute at tasting rooms and retail shops, and allows licensed manufacturers of malt beverages or vinous beverages to operate up to two first-class licensed establishments at their manufacturing facility or on contiguous owned property.

What it would do: Changes Board of Liquor and Lottery member terms from three years to four years, removes specific sales hour restrictions for off-premises alcoholic beverage licensees, requires special event permits to be approved by local control commissioners, eliminates certified check payment requirement for solicitor's licenses, and removes the prospective 2026 repeal of retail establishment provisions for special venue serving permits.

What it would do: Requires alcoholic beverages sold in Vermont to label alcohol content in U.S. Standard Drinks and include cancer warnings and serving facts. Increases taxes on malt, vinous, and spirits beverages, dedicating proceeds to a Treatment and Recovery Fund for mental health and addiction services.

What it would do: Requires out-of-state malt beverage manufacturers to hold a license and operate a brewery in a state that allows Vermont manufacturers to ship malt beverages to consumers in order to obtain an out-of-state consumer shipping license in Vermont.

What it would do: Increases the number of additional manufacturers or rectifiers whose products a fourth-class licensee may sell or distribute from five to eight, and authorizes manufacturers of malt beverages to obtain a retail shipping license to sell up to 5,000 gallons annually to first- and second-class licensees.