ENROLLED
ACT No. 365
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 189
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAINES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 26:351(1)(a) and (3)(a), and to enact R.S. 26:351(1)(c), relative
3 to alcoholic beverages; to provide relative to the sale and shipment of certain
4 alcoholic beverages; to provide for container size limitations of beverages of high
5 alcoholic content; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 26:351(1)(a) and (3)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
8 26:351(1)(c) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง351. Limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content;
10 standards of fill
11 Except for wines, no manufacturer or wholesaler in this state shall have in his
12 possession any beverages of high alcoholic content outside of his bonded stockroom
13 unless they are in containers of no greater capacity than one and seventy-five one
14 hundredths liters. The standards of fill shall be the following:
15 (1)(a) All distilled spirits sold in or shipped into this state shall be in the
16 following containers: One and seventy-five hundredths liters, one liter, seven
17 hundred fifty milliliters, seven hundred milliliters, five hundred milliliters, three
18 hundred seventy-five milliliters, two hundred milliliters, and fifty milliliters.
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20 (c) If any supplier offers for sale in this state a particular product of a
21 distilled spirit in a seven hundred fifty milliliter container, such particular product
22 of distilled spirit shall not also be offered for sale in a seven hundred milliliter
23 container at the same time, provided the supplier is given time to fully transition.
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1 (3)(a) Distilled spirits, whether domestically bottled or imported, subject to
2 the metric standard of fill prescribed in Paragraph (1) of this Section shall be packed
3 with the following number of containers per shipping case or container:
4 Container sizes Containers per case
5 1.75 liters 6
6 1.00 liters 12
7 750 milliliters 12
8 700 milliliters 12
9 375 milliliters 24
10 355 milliliters 24
11 200 milliliters 48
12 100 milliliters 48
13 50 milliliters 60
14 50 milliliters 120
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16 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
17 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
18 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
19 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
20 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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