Bill Summary for Bill Number HB15-1204

Date: 02/19/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1204

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1204 to the Committee on Finan	PASS

02:46 PM -- HB 15-1204

Representative Pabon, sponsor, introduced House Bill 15-1204. The bill creates a new license under the Colorado Liquor Code, the distillery pub license, that would enable a spirituous liquor (spirits) producer to operate a pub that serves alcohol beverages, including spirits the producer ferments and distills, for consumption on the licensed premises. A distillery pub license would operate similar to a brew pub license in that the licensee must:

serve meals;
gross at least 15 percent of on-premises food and drink income from the sale of food;
limit wholesales of spirits it ferments and distills on the licensed premises to not more than 2,700 liters (300 cases) per product per year; and
limit its total annual production of spirits to 45,000 liters (5,000 cases).

A distillery pub licensee is subject to the same state and local annual licensing fees as a brew pub, $325 and $500, respectively. Additionally, similar to brew pub licensees, a distillery pub licensee may own or have an interest in another alcohol beverage licensee authorized to serve alcohol for on-premises consumption.

02:51 PM -- Pat Ratliff, Colorado Counties, Inc. (CCI), testified in support of the bill.

02:52 PM -- Kevin Bommer, Colorado Municipal League (CML), testified in support of the bill.

02:54 PM -- Jeanne McEvoy, Colorado Licensed Beverage Association, testified in support of the bill. Ms. McEvoy spoke about the craft industry in Colorado and the impact the bill would have.

02:56 PM -- Kevin Settles, Bardenay Restaurant and Distillery, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Settles spoke about the impact the bill would have on his company's expansion plans into Colorado.

02:58 PM -- Sonia Riggs, Colorado Restaurant Association, testified in support of the bill.

03:00 PM

Representative Pabon responded to questions from the committee.


BILL:	HB15-1204
TIME:	03:01:12 PM
MOVED:	Pabon
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 15-1204 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:	Nordberg
		VOTE
	Arndt	Yes
	Garnett	Yes
	Keyser	Yes
	Navarro	Yes
	Nordberg	Yes
	Pabon	Yes
	Rosenthal	Yes
	Roupe	Yes
	Sias	Yes
	Thurlow	Yes
	Winter	Yes
	Kraft-Tharp	Yes
	Williams	Yes

Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

03:02 PM

The committee adjourned.