Florida SB 1740: Scholarship Programs

Bill Text

1740 
Craft Brewing 
2026-01-09T12:02:04Z 
Authorizing a licensed craft brewery to conduct tastings and sales of malt beverages at certain events; deleting a requirement that manufacturers and brewers file a surety bond with the division; revising a requirement for certain manufacturers to pay a specified license tax; authorizing contract brewers to transfer malt beverages to contracting brewers’ facilities up to a specified amount, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1740 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01098-26 20261740__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to craft brewing; amending s. 561.221, 
 3 F.S.; authorizing a licensed craft brewery to conduct 
 4 tastings and sales of malt beverages at certain 
 5 events; requiring the Division of Alcoholic Beverages 
 6 and Tobacco to issue permits for such tastings and 
 7 sales to such craft breweries; requiring such craft 
 8 breweries to pay all entry fees and have a 
 9 representative present at such events; providing that 
 10 the permit is valid only for the duration and physical 
 11 location of the event; amending s. 561.37, F.S.; 
 12 deleting a requirement that manufacturers and brewers 
 13 file a surety bond with the division; amending s. 
 14 563.02, F.S.; revising a requirement for certain 
 15 manufacturers to pay a specified license tax; creating 
 16 s. 563.042, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing contract 
 17 brewers to transfer malt beverages to contracting 
 18 brewers’ facilities up to a specified amount; 
 19 authorizing a contract brewer to contract with one or 
 20 more contracting brewers for a specified purpose; 
 21 providing that the contract brewer is responsible for 
 22 complying with federal and state law and for paying 
 23 all federal and state taxes; providing that title to 
 24 the malt beverages remains with the contract brewer 
 25 until the malt beverages are removed from the contract 
 26 brewer’s licensed premises; requiring contract brewers 
 27 and contracting brewers to maintain certain records 
 28 required by the division; requiring licensed 
 29 manufacturers that wish to engage in contract brewing 
 30 to notify the division of their intent on forms 
 31 provided by the division; requiring such licensed 
 32 manufacturers to make a full and complete monthly 
 33 report to the division by a certain date; specifying 
 34 the information a contract brewer and a contracting 
 35 brewer must include in such reports; requiring such 
 36 licensed manufacturers to maintain all records 
 37 required by the Beverage Law; requiring that an entity 
 38 seeking to become a host brewer or a guest brewer for 
 39 alternating proprietorship brewing first qualify as a 
 40 brewer with the National Revenue Center; requiring 
 41 such entities to submit a form to the division 
 42 containing specified information; requiring that a 
 43 contracting brewer’s malt beverages be separate and 
 44 identifiable from the beer of all other tenants at the 
 45 contract brewer’s licensed premises; requiring a guest 
 46 brewer to make a full and complete report of specified 
 47 information to the division by a certain day each 
 48 month; requiring a guest brewer to comply with all 
 49 federal and state law and to pay all federal and state 
 50 taxes; providing that title to the malt beverages 
 51 remains with the guest brewer; prohibiting certain 
 52 manufacturers or vendors from engaging in contract 
 53 brewing or alternating proprietorship brewing; 
 54 authorizing the division to adopt rules; reenacting 
 55 ss. 563.06(7)(a) and 563.13, F.S., relating to malt 
 56 beverages, imprint on individual containers, size of 
 57 containers, exemptions and Florida brewery directional 
 58 signs and fees, respectively, to incorporate the 
 59 amendment made to s. 561.221, F.S., in references 
 60 thereto; providing an effective date. 
 61 
 62 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 63 
 64 Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (2) of 
 65 section 561.221, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 66 561.221 Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as 
 67 vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and 
 68 limitations.— 
 69 (2) 
 70 (f) A craft brewery licensed under this subsection may 
 71 conduct tastings and sales of malt beverages produced by the 
 72 brewery at fairs, trade shows, farmers’ markets, expositions, 
 73 and festivals in this state. The division shall issue permits to 
 74 such craft breweries for such tastings and sales. A craft 
 75 brewery must pay all entry fees and must have a brewery 
 76 representative present during the event. The permit is limited 
 77 to the duration and physical location of the event. 
 78 Section 2. Section 561.37, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 79 read: 
 80 561.37 Bond for payment of taxes.—Each manufacturer and 
 81 each distributor shall file with the division a surety bond 
 82 acc