Bill > HB218

This bill amends Ohio's liquor control regulations to allow retail liquor permit holders to offer discounts on dealcoholized wine under specific conditions. The legislation clarifies definitions for "case" and "dealcoholized beverage", defining a case as six to twelve bottles of wine (which can be different brands, varieties, or volumes) and a dealcoholized beverage as a wine with less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. The bill permits retail permit holders to provide a 10% discount on each bottle in a case of wine, and additionally allows a 10% discount on dealcoholized wine bottles when purchased in the same transaction as a case of wine. This change provides more flexible pricing options for liquor retailers and potentially makes dealcoholized wine more affordable for consumers. The bill modifies existing Ohio Revised Code section 4301.13, which governs wine distribution and sales, and repeals the previous version of the section to implement these new provisions.

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https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb218