Assembly Bill A9632

                             
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                                   9632
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
   definition of New York state labelled beer
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  20-d  of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law, as amended by chapter 326 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   20-d. "New York state labelled beer" means[:
   (a)  from  the effective date of this subdivision until December thir-
 ty-first, two thousand eighteen, beer made  with  no  less  than  twenty
 percent, by weight, of its hops grown in New York state and no less than
 twenty  percent,  by  weight, of all of its other ingredients, excluding
 water, grown in New York state;
   (b) from January first, two thousand nineteen until  December  thirty-
 first,  two  thousand  twenty-eight,  beer  made with no less than sixty
 percent, by weight, of its hops grown in New York state and no less than
 sixty percent, by weight, of all of  its  other  ingredients,  excluding
 water, grown in New York state; and
   (c)  from January first, two thousand twenty-nine and thereafter, beer
 made with no less than ninety percent, by weight, of its hops  grown  in
 New York state and no less than ninety percent, by weight, of all of its
 other  ingredients,  excluding water, grown in New York state] BEER MADE
 WITH NO LESS THAN SIXTY PERCENT, BY WEIGHT, OF ITS  HOPS  GROWN  IN  NEW
 YORK  STATE  AND  NO  LESS  THAN SIXTY PERCENT, BY WEIGHT, OF ALL OF ITS
 OTHER INGREDIENTS, EXCLUDING WATER, GROWN IN NEW YORK STATE.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section 51-a of the  alcoholic
 beverage  control  law,  as added by chapter 108 of the laws of 2012, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Except as provided in  paragraph  (b)  of  this  subdivision,  [no
 licensed  farm brewery shall manufacture or sell any beer other than New
 York state labelled beer] A LICENSED FARM BREWERY SHALL  MANUFACTURE  OR
 SELL NEW YORK STATE LABELLED BEER AND MAY MANUFACTURE OR SELL BEER OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 THAN  NEW  YORK  STATE LABELLED BEER THAT THE LICENSEE HAS MANUFACTURED;
 PROVIDED THAT THE TOTAL AGGREGATE OF HOPS USED BY THE FARM BREWER LICEN-
 SEE IN ALL ITS BREWING IS NO LESS THAN SIXTY PERCENT BY WEIGHT GROWN  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  AND THAT THE TOTAL AGGREGATE USE OF OTHER INGREDIENTS,
 EXCEPT WATER, USED BY THE FARM BREWER LICENSEE IN ALL ITS BREWING IS  NO
 LESS THAN SIXTY PERCENT BY WEIGHT GROWN IN NEW YORK STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.