What's changing for craft beverage producers, and what it means for you.

Meeting: Thu Oct 22, 2026, 2:00 PM ET, Committee Room 14, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton (NJ Legislature agenda, checked Oct 19, 2026). Bills listed as "Considered" (no vote is promised): A5611 (Katz, the committee chair), S3482 (Beach), plus A1662 (winery sales of other wineries' wine) and A5527 (brewery tax credits for spent-grain donations). Official bill history still shows S3482 and A5611 referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations. A5611 was introduced Oct 15, 2026. Carried over from S2432.

Amends 37A O.S. 2-103. Approved by the Governor May 12, 2026; effective Nov 1, 2026. Correction from our earlier summary: the enrolled bill strikes "county" and inserts "state", so the two locations need only be in Oklahoma. Event sales were already allowed; SB 1946 adds event sampling in a distillery-controlled area. Free on-site samples remain capped at 3 fl oz per visitor per day.

Hearing Fri Oct 30, 2026, 10 AM to noon MT (noon to 2 PM ET), Lakewood and on Zoom. The division asks for written comments by 5 PM MT Oct 26 so it can read them before the hearing; the written deadline is 5 PM MT Nov 2 (dor_led_rulemaking@state.co.us). Other rules in the package: festival permits (47-405), sales rooms (47-428), alternating proprietors (47-432), noncontiguous manufacturer premises (47-434), excise tax reports (47-502) and takeout and delivery (47-1101). Exactly which wording is new was not confirmed; read the redline PDF.

Proposed rules on where off-premises retailers may place alcohol products, aimed at product confusion, theft and youth exposure: separating "crossover" alcohol products that share branding with non-alcoholic products, limits on placement next to items that appeal to youth, and theft concerns around mini-bottles (50 ml or less). New WAC 314-02-140 (Product Placement) and an amended Group 2 violation in WAC 314-29-025. Matters to distillers selling minis or RTDs through WA retail.

Part of a Paperwork Reduction Act notice covering 16 collections (91 FR 63651, FR Doc. 2026-20417). TTB estimates 73,200 responses and 146,000 burden hours a year (1 hour recordkeeping + 1 hour reporting per response). Comments go through Regulations.gov docket TTB-2026-0001.

AB 1246 (Chapter 295, Statutes of 2025, signed Oct 3, 2025) extended the shipping provisions from Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 1, 2027, added the distilled spirits direct shipper permit, and opened shipping to qualifying out-of-state distillers. Section 23504.5(f): "This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed." No 2026 bill extending 23504.5 was found in a LegiScan search on Oct 18, 2026; confirm with CA ABC.

Other changes in PN 4072: RTD volume is not counted together with wine or beer toward each drink's sale limit; beer distributors with an RTD permit may sell RTDs in any quantity; RTD permit holders may not sell to other licensees; PLCB may contract up to 8 hearing examiners; liquor stores may sell zero-alcohol drinks and accessories; new hearing rules for "previously unlicensed locations". The RTD definition change takes effect immediately and most of the rest 60 days after enactment. The bill still needs full Senate votes and House concurrence. RTDs here are spirits-based only (no wine or malt base) and capped at 12.5% ABV.

Amends ABC Law 58-a; effective immediately if signed. The sponsor memo ties it to moving beer wholesale licenses from one-year to three-year terms, matching liquor and wine wholesalers. Wholesaler-side only; it does not change what cideries or distilleries may sell themselves.

A10416A: SLA omnibus: SLA chair powers, permissible sales by licensees, tied-house limits for manufacturers/wholesalers, multiple off-premises licenses, 500-foot and church/school rules (Parts A-J) | S09291: Authorizes the state liquor authority to grant retailers of wine and spirits to operate up to two outlets; establishes the New York distilled spirits and wine industry marketing and promotion fund. | S09225: Enacts the New York Farm Distillery RTD Excise Tax Bill establishing a beer-equivalent excise tax rate for certain low-alcohol ready-to-drink spirits products manufactured by eligible New York farm distilleries and small craft distilleries; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. | S01882: Relates to certain farm wineries, farm breweries, farm distilleries, and farm cideries whose business includes agricultural tourism. | A04511 / S03136: Relates to enacting the "New York wine & distilled spirits development act"; allows individuals to hold more than one seven day license to sell liquor at retail for off-premises consumption; establishes the New York distilled spirits and wine industry marketing and promotion fund. | A08062: Authorizes the sale of private-label liquor at retail for consumption off the premises by certain licensed distillers; requires the labels of such private-label liquors to indicate that the distiller is licensed in New York state; requires reporting.

S4643 / A2910: Establishes "Jersey Spirits Program" in Department of Agriculture. | S4377 / A4693: Permits certain alcoholic beverage license holders to sell "Jersey Fresh" alcoholic beverages. | S1082 / A2911: Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA. | A3354: Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder thereof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone. | S561: Permits certain breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries to sell each other's products on licensed premises. | A195: Decreases Alcoholic Beverage Tax rate paid on certain liquors. | A3618: Permits sale of certain alcoholic beverages and related products at seasonal farm markets. | S565: Permits certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers to coordinate food service with certain third-party vendors and operate restaurant on licensed premises. | S519: Revises certain licensee filing requirements for alcoholic beverage price lists; removes requirement that limited brewery and distillery licensees provide tour when selling certain alcoholic beverages to consumers. | S1254 / A1520: Establishes license allowing supermarkets to sell certain alcoholic beverages manufactured in this State; designated as The Garden State Grocery Liquor Licensing Act.