BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1184 89R9602 SCF-D By: Creighton State Affairs 4/1/2025 As Filed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT Wine is often manufactured and intended to be matured in the bottle for several years. However, some wine is intended to mature for several decades before it reaches its prime. This wine may be purchased for a private collection, only providing for an opportunity for rare, collectable, or unique wine to be sold to restaurants if a manufacturer reserves a portion of their production for long periods of time. This is often not an economically viable strategy for manufacturers, and most restaurants in Texas rarely have wine more than 20 years old. Texas has a vast private wine collecting community, but this wine is often sold in other states with laws favorable to the collectable wine market. S.B. 1932 passed in the 88th Legislative Session to keep collectable wine in the Texas market by authorizing a wine collection seller to sell wine to an appropriately permitted restaurant if the wine is manufactured not less than 20 years before the sale date. The bill also provided for the maintenance of records related to the transaction. S.B. 1184 now proposes to expand on the success from the last legislative session and lower the minimum age of eligible wine from 20 years to 10 years. As proposed, S.B. 1184 amends current law relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 111.002, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as follows: Sec. 111.002. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. Authorizes a wine collection seller to sell to a permitted restaurant wine that meets certain requirements, including being manufactured not less than 10, rather than 20, years before the date the wine collection seller sells the wine to a permitted restaurant. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2025.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 1184
89R9602 SCF-D By: Creighton
State Affairs
4/1/2025
As Filed
Senate Research Center
S.B. 1184
89R9602 SCF-D
By: Creighton
State Affairs
4/1/2025
As Filed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Wine is often manufactured and intended to be matured in the bottle for several years. However, some wine is intended to mature for several decades before it reaches its prime. This wine may be purchased for a private collection, only providing for an opportunity for rare, collectable, or unique wine to be sold to restaurants if a manufacturer reserves a portion of their production for long periods of time. This is often not an economically viable strategy for manufacturers, and most restaurants in Texas rarely have wine more than 20 years old. Texas has a vast private wine collecting community, but this wine is often sold in other states with laws favorable to the collectable wine market.
S.B. 1932 passed in the 88th Legislative Session to keep collectable wine in the Texas market by authorizing a wine collection seller to sell wine to an appropriately permitted restaurant if the wine is manufactured not less than 20 years before the sale date. The bill also provided for the maintenance of records related to the transaction.
S.B. 1184 now proposes to expand on the success from the last legislative session and lower the minimum age of eligible wine from 20 years to 10 years.
As proposed, S.B. 1184 amends current law relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 111.002, Alcoholic Beverage Code, as follows:
Sec. 111.002. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. Authorizes a wine collection seller to sell to a permitted restaurant wine that meets certain requirements, including being manufactured not less than 10, rather than 20, years before the date the wine collection seller sells the wine to a permitted restaurant.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2025.