Dead Bills - Taxes 2009
Arizona House Bill 2447
SUMMARY: A temporary additional tax on liquor and malt beverages would have been levied July 1, 2009 until June 30, 2012.
SPONSOR(S): Representative David Bradley (D-Tucson)
Arkansas Senate Bill 90
SUMMARY: Would have levied an additional excise tax 5% upon all gross receipts derived from the sale of an alcoholic beverage by distributors, manufacturers, and wholesale dealers to retailers, with funding going to a newly created Substance Abuse Programs Fund.
SPONSOR(S): Senator Hank Wilkins IV (D-Pine Bluff)
California Assembly Bill 1019
SUMMARY: A mitigation fee is imposed upon alcoholic beverages at the following rates: beer, $1.07 per gallon; wine with not more than 14% alcohol by volume, $2.56 per wine gallon; wine with more than 14% alcohol by volume, $4.27 per wine gallon; and, all distilled spirits, $8.53 per wine gallon. The fee is collected from the wholesaler, or other business that is engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages to businesses that resell alcohol. Money collected shall be used exclusively to fund alcohol-related service programs aimed at mitigating the past, present or future harm caused by alcohol products in the stream of commerce in California.
SPONSOR(S): Assembly Members Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch); Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter)
Connecticut Senate Bill 930
SUMMARY: Would have raised tax rate on beer ($0.20 to $0.25/gallon), liquor ($4.50 to $5.65/gallon) and wine ($0.60/gallon to $0.75/gallon); and increased rates on liquor coolers, alcohol in excess of 100 proof, ciders, low alcohol liquor and other still wines.
SPONSOR(S): Introduced by Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Delaware Governor Proposed Raising State Alcohol Tax by 50%
Delaware House Bill 212
SUMMARY: Would have increased taxes on alcoholic beverages including beer from $0.156 to $0.37/gallon; wine from $0.97 to $1.72/gallon; and from $5.46 to $7.28/gallon.
SPONSOR(S): Representative Peter Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth Beach), Speaker Robert F. Gilligan (D-Sherwood Park), Senate Majority Whip Anthony J. DeLuca (D-Newark)*
Indiana House Bill 1295
SUMMARY: Would have increased alcoholic beverage excise taxes. Increases the beer and cider excise tax from $0.115 to $0.41 per gallon; increased the wine excise tax from $0.47 to $1.68 per gallon; increased the liquor excise tax from $2.68 to $9.59 per gallon; and provided that each of the funds receiving these excise taxes would receive the same percentage of the new rates as the percentage it receives under the existing rates.
SPONSOR(S): Representatives Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville); Peggy Welch (D-Bloomington)
Indiana House Bill 1613
SUMMARY: Would have increased the beer and cider excise tax from $0.115 to $0.65 per gallon, the wine excise tax from $0.47 to $2.07 per gallon, and the liquor excise tax from $2.68 to $6.95 per gallon.
SPONSOR(S): Senator Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville)
SUMMARY: Would have imposed sales and use tax on gross receipts from the sale of distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages not consumed on the premises; increased the distilled spirits excise tax from $1.92 to $2.00 on each wine gallon, increased the malt beverages excise tax from $2.50 to $6.20 on each barrel of 31 gallons, and limited the credit of 50 percent to each brewer producing malt beverages in this state to 50 percent of the first $2.50 of tax imposed on each barrel of malt beverages sold in the state, up to 300,000 barrels annually.
SPONSOR(S): Representatives Hubert Collins (D-Wittensville); Keith Hall (D-Phelps); Richard Henderson (D-Jeffersonville)
Maryland Senate HB 791 and Senate Bill 729
SUMMARY: Would have increased state tax rates for alcoholic beverages from $1.50 to $6.00 per gallon for distilled spirits, from 40 cents to $1.60 per gallon for wine, and from 9 cents to 36 cents per gallon for beer; provided for the distribution of the additional revenue to special funds to be used only for the purpose of providing additional funding for specified services.
SPONSOR(S): SB 729: Senators Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery); Nathaniel Exum (D-Prince George’s); Jennie M. Forehand (D-Montgomery)*
Maryland House Bill 1160
SUMMARY: Would have increased state tax rates for alcoholic beverages from $1.50 to $4.00 for each gallon of distilled spirits, from 40 cents to $1.00 for each gallon of wine, and from 9 to 25 cents for each gallon of beer; and required the Comptroller to distribute specified alcoholic beverage tax revenue to specified special funds to be used only to provide funding for specified services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration and specified services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual or physical child abuse.
SPONSOR(S): Delegates Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Montgomery); Saqib Ali (D-Montgomery); Charles Barkley (D-Montgomery)*
Massachusetts House Bill 4155
Summary: Establishes a separate fund known as the Commonwealth Wellness Fund, to which all revenues collected from the tax on the sale of alcoholic beverages will be credited. Funds will be expended on alcohol and tobacco addiction services, health promotion, school-based health programs, teenage pregnancy prevention, domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, work force expansion services, and other critical programs that support the wellness of residents of the commonwealth.
Sponsor(s): Part of the Governor’s Budget proposal
SUMMARY: Would have imposed a 2.5% fee on the gross receipts of each Minnesota liquor retailer for the retail sales of liquor; an increase on alcoholic beverages including $12.86 per gallon of distilled spirits, $0.53 per gallon of wine, and $6.61 per barrel of beer. Funds would have gone to a health and judicial impact fund.
SPONSOR(S): Representative Karen Clark (DFL-Minneapolis)
SUMMARY: Would have increased the tax rates on all alcoholic beverages, including: distilled spirits from $5.03 to $9.31 per gallon; wine containing 14% or less alcohol by volume from $0.30 to $0.81 per gallon; wine containing more than 14% and not more than 21% by volume from $0.95 to $1.20 per gallon; and fermented malt beverages containing 3.2% alcohol by weight from $4.60 to $12.87 per barrel.
SPONSOR(S): Representative Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington)SUMMARY: Would have imposed a tax of $0.05 per 1 fluid ounce of liquor, 8 fluid ounces of table wine and 12 fluid ounces of beer sold at on-premises retailers, with money from tax to fund scholarships and local alcohol treatment, prevention, education and enforcement programs.
SPONSOR(S): Senator Christine Kaufmann (D-Helena)Nevada Assembly Bill 277
SUMMARY: Would have increased the excise tax on liquor with the additional revenue going to specific health-related programs, with rate increases of: liquor with more than 22% alcohol by volume (a.b.v.) from $3.60 to $7.87 per wine gallon; liquor with 14% to 22% a.b.v. from $1.30 to $3.43 per wine gallon; liquor with 1% to 14% a.b.v. from $0.70 to $1.77 per wine gallon; and all malt beverage liquor from $0.16 to $0.69 per gallon.
SPONSOR(S): Assemblymembers Bernie Anderson (D-Sparks); Kathy McClain (D-Las Vegas) and Sheila Leslie (D-Reno)*
SUMMARY: Would have increased the beer tax from $0.30 /gallon to $0.40 /gallon and designated the increase to the alcohol abuse and prevention and treatment fund.
SPONSOR(S): Representatives Jessie Osborne (D-Concord); Charles Weed (D-Keene); Mary Cooney (D-Plymouth)*
New Mexico 2009 Senate Bill 10
SUMMARY: Increase the tax rate on alcoholic beverages at the wholesale level including liquor from $1.60 to $2.00 per liter; beer from $0.41 to $0.95 per gallon; and wine from $0.45 to $0.65 per liter.
SPONSOR(S): Senator Bernadette M. Sanchez (D-Bernalillo)
New Mexico House Bill 2
SUMMARY: Increase the tax rate on alcoholic beverages at the wholesale level including liquor from $1.60 to $2.00 per liter; beer from $0.41 to $0.95 per gallon; and wine from $0.45 to $0.65 per liter.
SPONSOR(S): HB 2 - Representative Miguel P. Garcia (D-Bernalillo)
New Mexico House Bill 13
SUMMARY: Increase the tax rate on alcoholic beverages at the wholesale level including liquor from $1.60 to $2.40 per liter; beer from $0.41 to $1.48 per gallon; and wine from $0.45 to $0.85 per liter.
SPONSOR(S): HB 13 - Representative Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe)
SUMMARY: Would have increased state alcohol tax rates on spirituous liquors from $1.60 to $4.98 per liter; beer from $.41 to $1.85 per gallon; wine from $.45 to $1.46 per liter; and fortified wine from $1.50 to $2.77 per liter.
SPONSOR(S): Representative Richard Vigil (D-Ribera)
New Mexico Senate Bill 487
SUMMARY: Would have authorized each county to impose a local liquor surtax not to exceed $0 .99 /liter for spirituous liquor, $0.25/gallon of beer, $0.28/liter for wine. Additional limits for other alcoholic products were listed in the bill.
SPONSOR(S): Senator George K. Munoz (D-Cibola)
New York Assembly Bill 2454
SUMMARY: Would have imposed excise tax of $0.25 on each bottle of beer, wine, and liquor sold in the state, with money received from the excise tax used to fund chemical dependence services.
SPONSOR(S): Assembly Member Felix W. Ortiz (D-Brooklyn)
Oregon Senate Bill 768
SUMMARY: Would have authorized counties to impose a malt beverage cost recovery fee for malt beverages sold at retail. The recovery fee would have been $0.10 per 12 ounces ($1.066 per gallon) or $0.05 per 12 ounces ($0.503 per gallon) for manufacturers that produce less than 200,000 barrels annually, and only imposed after the adoption of an ordinance and used specifically for purposes relating to alcohol or drug addiction.
SPONSOR(S): Senators Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland); Bill Morrisette (D-Springfield); Diane Rosenbaum (D-Portland)
Oregon House Bill 2461
SUMMARY: Would have imposed a prevention, treatment and recovery tax on malt beverages at a rate of $49.61 per barrel of 31 gallons in addition to the $2.60 per barrel of 31 gallons tax already imposed on malt beverages.
SPONSOR(S): Representative Ben Cannon (D-Portland); Senators Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland) and Bill Morrisette (D-Springfield)*
