HB 1556 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2025
08/11
HOUSE BILL 1556
AN ACT relative to on-premise and off-premise sales at a beverage manufacturer's facility.
SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows consumers purchasing beverage samples to drink to also purchase beverages for consumption off premise at the same point of sale in the licensee's facility.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2025
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to on-premise and off-premise sales at a beverage manufacturer's facility.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Beverage Manufacturer License; Sale of Products. Amend RSA 178:12, II-a to read as follows:
II-a. The holder of a beverage manufacturer license may sell beverage samples to visitors of legal drinking age for consumption on the premises where the beverages were manufactured. A beverage manufacturer may either provide samples for free or for a fee which shall be limited to one 4-ounce glass per label or one 16-ounce glass per person. At such times as food is available, a beverage manufacturer may serve no more than 2 16-ounce glasses per person in any areas approved by the commission. For the purpose of this section, food and non-alcoholic beverages may be provided by a properly-licensed third party food vendor, prepared on or off the premises. A customer purchasing beverage samples to drink may also purchase beverages for consumption off premise at the same point of sale in the licensee's facility.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.