Bill > HB2905

This bill modifies Arizona's liquor licensing regulations, primarily focusing on craft producer festival and fair licenses. The bill creates a new craft producer festival license that allows licensed craft producers to sample and sell their products both on and off premises at festivals, with the ability to obtain up to 150 calendar days of licenses per year. The legislation reduces the minimum beer production requirement for microbreweries from five thousand to one thousand gallons annually and updates various licensing provisions. It removes previous separate festival licenses for craft distilleries, farm wineries, and microbreweries, consolidating them into a single craft producer festival license. The bill also allows craft producers to participate in state and county fairs, permitting product sampling and sales under a new craft producer fair license. Additionally, the bill makes technical changes to existing liquor licensing laws, including modifications to special event licensing and proximity restrictions for liquor licenses near schools. These changes aim to provide more flexibility for craft producers in marketing and selling their products while maintaining regulatory oversight.

Business and Industry, Government Affairs

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83381