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SB 439 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. (BDR 52-1108)

SB 439 allows Nevada estate distilleries to sell alcoholic beverages they did not manufacture at retail (subject to local licensing and purchasing requirements from state-licensed wholesalers), and to receive, store, and bottle spirits from suppliers. It requires distilleries to segregate these non-manufactured spirits separately on-site and clarifies that certain supplier activities - like providing spirits for bottling - do not violate existing laws prohibiting wholesaler conduct. The bill directly affects estate distilleries operating under Nevada’s current regulations, expanding their permitted retail sales and supply chain flexibility. These changes update existing provisions without imposing new state or local costs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed May 30, 2025
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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 30, 2025
MODERATE
This bill amends the Nevada statute governing estate distilleries to allow them to sell alcoholic beverages that were not manufactured on-site, provided they hold the necessary local retail licenses and comply with specific purchasing rules. It also clarifies the tax treatment of bulk spirit transfers and expands the types of spirits an estate distillery can receive from non-affiliated suppliers for storage and bottling.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of estate distilleries by permitting the retail sale of off-site produced alcoholic beverages, whereas previously they were generally restricted to selling only spirits they manufactured themselves.
ELIGIBILITY

Estate distilleries are now authorized to sell at retail alcoholic beverages not manufactured at the facility, provided they obtain required local licenses and comply with laws regarding purchasing from wholesalers or importers.

REQUIREMENT

The bill clarifies that spirits received from non-affiliated suppliers for storage and bottling must be kept in a segregated, conspicuous area separate from other spirits on the premises.

New provisions are added to specify that bulk transfers of neutral spirits for storage and bottling are taxable only when the spirits are rectified, bottled, and removed from the supplier's bonded premises.

DEFINITION

A new definition of 'affiliate' is added to clarify relationships between the distillery and its suppliers, ensuring that only non-affiliated suppliers can provide bulk spirits for storage and bottling.

Floor votes · Assembly May 21, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 140.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 342.) To printer.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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