HB 1069 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to shipping to consumers from local distillers

This bill allows Louisiana distilleries to ship alcoholic beverages to other distilleries owned by the same company for on-premises or off-premises sale. The law requires the transferring distillery to produce at least 4,000 gallons annually and limits transfers to 50% of the receiving facility's monthly production capacity. Companies must pay a set fee to use wholesalers for these transfers and remain responsible for paying all applicable state and local taxes on the products. The legislation applies only to distilleries operating entirely within Louisiana that hold in-state manufacturer permits.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 30, 2026 Last action Apr 29, 2026

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HB1069 Original → HB1069 Engrossed · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to clarify and tighten rules for in-state distilleries transferring liquor to their own affiliated distilleries. The changes replace vague language with specific requirements regarding still sizes, transfer volume limits, and tax obligations to prevent tax evasion and ensure only substantial producers can participate in this transfer program.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on intra-state liquor transfers between affiliated distilleries, but the applicability is now restricted to facilities meeting specific equipment and production thresholds.

DEFINITION

Added a precise definition for 'distilling facility' to clarify it refers to licensed premises where liquor is manufactured for sale.

Refined the definition of 'premises' to explicitly include the outside area of a building if alcoholic beverages are regularly sold there.

REQUIREMENT

Mandated that the transferring distillery must maintain a still of at least 500 liters and the receiving distillery must maintain a still of at least 100 liters.

Changed the annual production requirement from a minimum of 4,000 gallons to a requirement that the receiving distillery must be owned wholly by the transferring facility.

Added a cap limiting transferred liquor to no more than 10% of the monthly distilled volume at the transferring facility or 500 gallons, whichever is less.

Revised the production limit from 50% of the receiving facility's production to 50% of the transferring facility's production for the previous month.

Explicitly required the receiving distillery to remit all state, parish, and municipal sales and excise taxes on products sold to the public.

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Committee

Apr 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (15-0).

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors