Introduced
by
To amend the state’s extraordinarily detailed and prescriptive "liquor control" regulatory regime to explicitly permit certain licensed liquor wholesalers to also sell “nonalcoholic beverages products,” subject to a lengthy list of regulations, restrictions and requirements. Note: The Michigan liquor industry’s lobbyists are extremely active and largely successful in pursuing revisions to this extensive body of law that limit competition and raise barriers to entry; in the first 17 months of the current legislature <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/SearchLegislation.aspx?CategoryID=59&Keywords=&StartMonth=1&StartYear=2021&EndMonth=12&EndYear=2022&Results=50&Laws=True&op=Search">14 new laws</a> have been enacted in this area, and since 2000 nearly <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/SearchLegislation.aspx?CategoryID=59&Keywords=&StartMonth=1&StartYear=2001&EndMonth=12&EndYear=2022&Results=50&Laws=True&op=Search">200 such bills</a> have been signed into law.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 100 to 5 (details)
To amend the state’s extraordinarily detailed and prescriptive "liquor control" regulatory regime to explicitly permit certain licensed liquor wholesalers to also sell “nonalcoholic beverages products,” subject to a lengthy list of regulations, restrictions and requirements.
Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To amend the state’s extraordinarily detailed and prescriptive "liquor control" regulatory regime to explicitly permit certain licensed liquor wholesalers to also sell “nonalcoholic beverages products,” subject to a lengthy list of regulations, restrictions and requirements.
Passed in the House 99 to 5 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
