Freedom to Home Distill Act
Sponsored By: Representative Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a tax-exempt legal category for limited, noncommercial home distilling. It would let households produce small amounts of spirits for personal use while setting clear safety and regulatory limits.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Legal and registration relief for home distillers
The bill would say a qualifying home distillery is not a "distilled spirits plant" and a person who only makes exempt home spirits would not be a "distiller" for certain laws. It would also exempt stills and distilling apparatus set up in qualifying home distilleries from some notice, registration, and location-based rules. The bill would remove a criminal penalty that otherwise could apply when the distilling occurs in a qualifying home distillery. These changes would apply for activities after December 31, 2026 and only for establishments that meet the bill's home distillery definition.
Safety rules for home distilling equipment
The bill would require the Secretary to ban sale or transfer of stills, boilers, or vessels for exclusive home distillery use unless they have a pressure release valve, a vacuum relief valve, and hold no more than 50 gallons. The rule would apply when the buyer intends to use the equipment only in a qualifying home distillery. These equipment rules would take effect for items sold or transferred after December 31, 2026.
Tax break and production limits for homeowners
This bill would let qualified home distilleries make small amounts of spirits for personal or family use without federal excise tax. It would limit annual home production to 10 proof gallons for a one-adult household and 20 proof gallons for households with two or more adults. "Adult" would mean age 21 or the higher local minimum age for sale of distilled spirits. The exemption and limits apply only to qualifying home distilleries and would start for spirits made after December 31, 2026; you also would not be allowed to sell or transfer those spirits for profit.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
TN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2]
WV • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
WA • R
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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