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LouisianaHB 8052026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides for the standards of shipping containers for wines and distilled spirits

Sponsored By: Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary BJudiciary

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Alcohol sellers get flexibility with limits

Wine and spirits sold, offered for sale, or shipped into Louisiana must follow current federal container-size standards. Sellers can use any size federally authorized for domestic sale. Louisiana cannot add size or case-configuration limits beyond this law's exceptions, or set the number of containers per case. The commissioner can issue tax, safety, and enforcement rules, but they cannot conflict with federal fill standards. Wine bottled before December 31, 1978, can enter Louisiana in other sizes of at least 187 milliliters. Before shipment, shippers must provide written proof of the bottling date and receive the commissioner's written approval. Vintage wine cannot be sold in containers smaller than 187 milliliters. State size restrictions do not apply to cider or beverages labeled and sold as sake; sake sizes must meet federal import and sale rules. No alcoholic beverage sold in or shipped into Louisiana can contain powdered alcohol.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joseph A. Orgeron

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/12/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 176.

    5/15/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/15/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/14/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/14/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/4/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/28/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    4/20/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/15/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/15/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

    4/14/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/13/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (13-0).

    4/9/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House

  18. Prefiled.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    2/27/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

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