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1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~ENGROSSED~~
5		-	~~This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted~~
6		-	~~on Second Reading in the House of Introduction~~
	4	+	INTRODUCED
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	6	+
7	7		LLS NO. 25-0809.01 Jennifer Berman x3286
8	8		SENATE BILL 25-132
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10	10		Business, Labor, & Technology
11		-	Appropriations
12	11		A BILL FOR AN ACT
13	12		C
14	13		ONCERNING A SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR MANUFACTURER 'S AUTHORITY TO101
15	14		CONDUCT TASTINGS.102
16	15		Bill Summary
17	16		(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
18	17		not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
19	18		passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
20	19		applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
21	20		http://leg.colorado.gov
22	21		.)
23	22		Under current law, a licensed manufacturer of spirituous liquor
24	23		(manufacturer) may conduct tastings of the manufacturer's own spirituous
25	24		liquors at the manufacturer's licensed premises or at one other approved
26	25		sales room location. The bill authorizes the manufacturer to also conduct
27	26		tastings:
28	27		! Of other alcohol beverages acquired from a wholesaler
29		-	SENATE
30		-	Amended 2nd Reading
31		-	April 23, 2025
32	28		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
33	29		Marchman and Gonzales J.,
34	30		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
35	31		Soper and Titone,
36	32		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
37	33		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
38	34		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. licensed in the state; and
39	35		! At up to 5 approved sales room locations.
40	36		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
41	37		SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-402, amend2
42	38		(7)(a) as follows:3
43		-	44-3-402. Manufacturer's license - rules. (7) (a) (I) ~~(A)~~ A4
	39	+	44-3-402. Manufacturer's license - rules. (7) (a) (I) A4
44	40		manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this section may5
45	41		conduct tastings and sell to customers spirituous liquors of its own6
46		-	manufacture on its THE MANUFACTURER'S licensed premises and at one UP7
47		-	TO TWO other approved sales room location LOCATIONS at no additional8
48		-	cost. A sales room location may be included in the license at the time of9
49		-	the original license issuance or by supplemental application. If the10
50		-	licensed premises includes multiple noncontiguous locations, the11
51		-	manufacturer may operate a sales room on only one UP TO TWO of those12
52		-	noncontiguous locations.13
53		-	(B) A
54		-	MANUFACTURER OF SPIRITUOUS LI QUORS LICENSED
55		-	14
56		-	PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT CONDUCTS TASTINGS PURSUANT TO THIS15
57		-	SUBSECTION (7) MAY APPLY TO THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY FOR A16
58		-	PERMIT TO SERVE AND SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ACQUIRED FROM17
59		-	WHOLESALERS LICENSED IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-40718
60		-	AT THE MANUFACTURER'S LICENSED PREMISES OR AT AN APPROVED SALES19
61		-	ROOM. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY DETERMINE THE FORM AND20
62		-	MANNER OF A PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS21
63		-	SUBSECTION (7)(a)(I)(B). IF THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY APPROVES22
64		-	A PERMIT APPLICATION FILED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (7)(a)(I)(B):23
65		-	T
66		-	HE MANUFACTURER OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS SHALL HAVE SANDWICHES
67		-	24
68		-	AND LIGHT SNACKS AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES , BUT25
69		-	132-2- NEED NOT HAVE MEALS AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION , AND THE SALES1
70		-	PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ACQUIRED FROM2
71		-	WHOLESALERS MUST NOT EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE3
72		-	MANUFACTURER'S TOTAL PROCEEDS FROM ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES .4
73		-	(C) A
74		-	COPY OF THE PERMIT APPLICATION FILED PURSUANT TO
75		-	5
76		-	SUBSECTION (7)(a)(I)(B) OF THIS SECTION MUST BE POSTED IN A6
77		-	CONSPICUOUS PLACE AT THE LOCATION THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE7
78		-	PERMIT APPLICATION FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS, AND PUBLISHED ONCE8
79		-	IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY WITH9
80		-	JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION , BEFORE THE STATE LICENSING10
81		-	AUTHORITY DETERMINES WHETHER TO ISSUE THE PERMIT . IF THE STATE11
82		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY ISSUES THE PERMIT, THE ISSUED PERMIT SHALL BE12
83		-	DISPLAYED WITH THE MANUFACTURER 'S LICENSE AT THE LOCATION THAT13
84		-	IS THE SUBJECT OF THE ISSUED PERMIT.14
85		-	(II) A manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this15
86		-	section that operates a sales room may purchase and use common alcohol16
87		-	modifiers, including vermouth, amaros, and liqueurs, to combine with17
88		-	spirituous liquors to produce cocktails for consumption on or off the sales18
89		-	room premises. A manufacturer that uses an alcohol modifier pursuant to19
90		-	this subsection (7)(a)(II) shall combine the modifier with a spirituous20
91		-	liquor. produced by the manufacturer. A manufacturer shall not sell an21
92		-	alcohol modifier that has not been combined with a spiritous liquor. The22
93		-	state licensing authority may adopt rules necessary to implement and23
94		-	administer this subsection (7)(a)(II).24
95		-	SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act25
96		-	takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the26
97		-	ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except27
98		-	132
99		-	-3- that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V1
100		-	of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this2
101		-	act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take3
102		-	effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in4
103		-	November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the5
104		-	official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.6
105		-	132
106		-	-4-
	42	+	manufacture,
	43	+	AS WELL AS OTHER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ACQUIRED FROM7
	44	+	WHOLESALERS LICENSED IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-407,8
	45	+	on its
	46	+	THE MANUFACTURER 'S licensed premises and at one UP TO FIVE9
	47	+	other approved sales room location LOCATIONS at no additional cost. A10
	48	+	sales room location may be included in the license at the time of the11
	49	+	original license issuance or by supplemental application. If the licensed12
	50	+	premises includes multiple noncontiguous locations, the manufacturer13
	51	+	may operate a sales room on only one UP TO FIVE of those noncontiguous14
	52	+	locations.15
	53	+	(II) A manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this16
	54	+	section that operates a sales room may purchase and use common alcohol17
	55	+	modifiers, including vermouth, amaros, and liqueurs, to combine with18
	56	+	spirituous liquors to produce cocktails for consumption on or off the sales19
	57	+	room premises. A manufacturer that uses an alcohol modifier pursuant to20
	58	+	this subsection (7)(a)(II) shall combine the modifier with a spirituous21
	59	+	liquor. produced by the manufacturer. A manufacturer shall not sell an22
	60	+	alcohol modifier that has not been combined with a spiritous liquor. The23
	61	+	state licensing authority may adopt rules necessary to implement and24
	62	+	administer this subsection (7)(a)(II).25
	63	+	SB25-132-2- SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act1
	64	+	takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the2
	65	+	ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except3
	66	+	that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V4
	67	+	of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this5
	68	+	act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take6
	69	+	effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in7
	70	+	November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the8
	71	+	official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.9
	72	+	SB25-132
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