Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 578 By the Committee on Commerce and Tourism; and Senator Leek 577-02801-25 2025578c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to wine containers; amending s. 3 564.05, F.S.; revising an exception to the maximum 4 allowable capacity for an individual container of wine 5 sold in this state; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1.Section 564.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to 10 read: 11 564.05Limitation of size of individual wine containers; 12 penalty.It is unlawful for a person to sell within this state 13 wine in an individual container holding more than 1 gallon of 14 such wine, unless such wine is in areusablecontainer holding 15 5.16 gallons or a glass container holding 4.5 liters, 6 liters, 16 9 liters, 12 liters, or 15 liters. However, qualified 17 distributors and manufacturers may sell wine to other qualified 18 distributors or manufacturers in any size container. Except as 19 provided in s. 564.09, wine sold or offered for sale by a 20 licensed vendor to be consumed off the premises mustshallbe in 21 the unopened original container. A person convicted of a 22 violation of this section commits a misdemeanor of the second 23 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 24 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.