SB 1740: Craft Brewing

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Craft Brewing; Authorizing a licensed craft brewery to conduct tastings and sales of malt beverages at certain events; deleting a requirement that manufacturers and brewers file a surety bond with the division; revising a requirement for certain manufacturers to pay a specified license tax; authorizing contract brewers to transfer malt beverages to contracting brewers’ facilities up to a specified amount, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/9/2026 05:02 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1537 by Albert Beverage Law Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Similar

• Citations - Statute (6)

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  561.221	Licensing of manufacturers and distributors as vendors and of vendors as manufacturers; conditions and limitations.	Page 3 (pdf)
  561.37	Bond for payment of taxes.	Page 3 (pdf)
  563.02	License fees; vendors; manufacturers and distributors.	Page 5 (pdf)
  563.042		Page 6 (pdf)
  563.06	Malt beverages; imprint on individual container; size of containers; exemptions.	Page 9 (pdf)
  563.13	Florida brewery directional signs; fees.	Page 11 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Regulated Industries