First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0809.01 Jennifer Berman x3286
SENATE BILL 25-132
Senate Committees House Committees
Business, Labor, & Technology
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING A SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR MANUFACTURER 'S AUTHORITY TO101
CONDUCT TASTINGS.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
Under current law, a licensed manufacturer of spirituous liquor
(manufacturer) may conduct tastings of the manufacturer's own spirituous
liquors at the manufacturer's licensed premises or at one other approved
sales room location. The bill authorizes the manufacturer to also conduct
tastings:
! Of other alcohol beverages acquired from a wholesaler
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Marchman and Gonzales J.,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Soper and Titone,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. licensed in the state; and
! At up to 5 approved sales room locations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-402, amend2
(7)(a) as follows:3
44-3-402. Manufacturer's license - rules. (7) (a) (I) A4
manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this section may5
conduct tastings and sell to customers spirituous liquors of its own6
manufacture,
AS WELL AS OTHER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ACQUIRED FROM7
WHOLESALERS LICENSED IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-407,8
on its
THE MANUFACTURER 'S licensed premises and at one UP TO FIVE9
other approved sales room location LOCATIONS at no additional cost. A10
sales room location may be included in the license at the time of the11
original license issuance or by supplemental application. If the licensed12
premises includes multiple noncontiguous locations, the manufacturer13
may operate a sales room on only one UP TO FIVE of those noncontiguous14
locations.15
(II) A manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this16
section that operates a sales room may purchase and use common alcohol17
modifiers, including vermouth, amaros, and liqueurs, to combine with18
spirituous liquors to produce cocktails for consumption on or off the sales19
room premises. A manufacturer that uses an alcohol modifier pursuant to20
this subsection (7)(a)(II) shall combine the modifier with a spirituous21
liquor. produced by the manufacturer. A manufacturer shall not sell an22
alcohol modifier that has not been combined with a spiritous liquor. The23
state licensing authority may adopt rules necessary to implement and24
administer this subsection (7)(a)(II).25
SB25-132-2- SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act1
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the2
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except3
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V4
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this5
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take6
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in7
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the8
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.9
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