Bills introduced for the 2010 legislative session. Some states allow for bills to be introduced before the beginning of a session through a procedural mechanism known as pre-filing. Some states give priority or other advantages to prefiled bills. Legislative work on the bills will not occur until the session begins. Also, new bills may also be introduced in states with two-year legislative sessions.
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| Federal United States House Bill 4278 and Senate Bill 3339 Summary: Lowers the tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers. The current excise tax rate is $18 per 31 gallon barrel of beer; a domestic brewer that produces no more than 2,000,000 during a calendar year pays only $7 per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels of beer produced. Under the bill a producer will still pay $18 per 31 gallon of beer; however a domestic brewer that produces no more than 6,000,000 barrels during a calendar year will pay $3.50 per barrel on the first 60,000 barrels and $16 per barrel on the first 1,940,000 barrels. Sponsor(s): House Bill: Representatives Richard Neal (D-MA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Defazio (D-OR), Dennis Rehberg (R-MT), Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Charles Dent (R-PA) Senate Bill: Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Olympia Snowe (R-MN) |
| California Assembly Bill 1694 Summary: Imposes a fee on alcoholic beverages to fund a program that seeks to mitigate past, present, or future harm caused by alcohol products in the stream of commerce in California. The mitigation fee is imposed at the following rates on alcoholic beverages including: beer at $0.53 per gallon; wine not containing more than 14% absolute alcohol at $1.28 per gallon; and distilled spirits at $4.27 per gallon. Sponsor(s): Assembly Member Jim Beall (D-San Jose) |
| Massachusetts House Bill 4454 Summary: Repeals the sales tax on alcoholic beverages. The excise tax remains in place. Sponsor(s): NOTE: Initiative petition of Frank J. Anzalotti and presented by Representative Jay R. Kaufman (D-Middlesex) Ballot Initiative Question 1 Summary: Initiative will restore tax exempt status on the sale of alcoholic beverages. Currently the sales tax is 6.25% and applies to alcoholic beverages. |
| Pennsylvania House Bill 2039 Summary: Reduce the current emergency tax on liquor from 18% of the net price of all liquors sold by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to 9% as of January 1, 2010 and 0% as of January 1, 2011. Sponsor(s): Representative John D. Payne (R-Dauphin County) |
| Washington Senate Bill 6744 Summary: Prohibits the liquor control board from increasing the markup of any liquor product. Sponsor(s): Senator Curtis King (R-Yakima) |
