All Roll Calls
Yes: 56 • No: 43
IdahoH 02762025 regular legislative sessionHouse
BEER – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding brewers’ licenses.
Sponsored By: STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
BEER
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
More retail options for small brewers
Idaho-licensed brewers making fewer than 30,000 barrels yearly qualify for retail licenses; outside-Idaho and contract production count toward that limit. They can sell their own beer by bottle, can, or glass at the brewery, one remote location, or both. Brewers exceeding the limit need annual approval and at least five years of continuous brewing and physical presence in Idaho. They must also surrender any wholesale license and have no multi-day license suspension or revocation for a beer-law violation. Holding a wholesale license does not itself block brewery-premises retail wine or wine-by-the-drink licenses for brewer retail license holders.
Small brewers gain distribution with requirements
Brewers making fewer than 30,000 barrels yearly can get wholesale licenses to distribute their own beer. The total includes beer made outside Idaho and contract production. Brewers must maintain an Idaho warehouse and distribute using brewery employees and equipment the brewery owns or controls. They must follow wholesaler rules, except rules restricting sales at the brewery or its one remote retail location. No extra wholesale license fee applies beyond brewer and retailer fees; applicable beer taxes still apply.
Beer distributors face Idaho storage rules
Wholesalers and dealers must unload and keep beer in an Idaho warehouse for at least 24 hours before selling or distributing it. Required records must stay in Idaho at the designated main warehouse. The law preserves existing rights of anyone licensed as an Idaho wholesaler on or before January 1, 1996. The act took effect immediately upon passage and approval.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Vito Barbieri
Republican • House
Ben Toews
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/13/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 19 • No: 12
House vote • 2/28/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 37 • No: 31
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 112 Effective: 03/19/2025
3/20/2025Delivered to Governor at 11:33 a.m. on March 18, 2025
3/19/2025Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
3/18/2025SenateSigned by President; returned to House
3/17/2025SenateReceived from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/17/2025SenateReported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/17/2025HouseReturned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
3/14/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 19-12-4
3/13/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
3/10/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
3/7/2025SenateIntroduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
3/3/2025SenateReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
3/3/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 37-31-2
2/28/2025HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
2/27/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
2/26/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2/25/2025HouseReported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
2/20/2025HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2/19/2025House
Bill Text
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