Increase Alcohol Beverage Excise Tax Exemption
Summary
Current law provides an excise tax exemption for up to one gallon, or 4 liters, of alcohol beverages brought by air passengers into the state from a foreign country. The act expands the exemption to all individuals entering the state from another state or a foreign country and allows alcohol beverages to be brought into the state, for personal use and not for sale, up to the following amounts: 2.25 gallons of malt liquor and hard cider; 9 liters of vinous liquor; and 6 liters of spirituous liquor.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Mar 24, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2022 · House Feb 24, 2022
How they voted
32–2
Passed
Total votes 34
Mar 10, 2022
D
Democratic20
90% Yea
R
Republican14
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Mar 24, 2022
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Kolker
DDemocratic
P
Dan Woog
RRepublican
P
Larry Liston
RRepublican
P
SB
Shannon Bird
DDemocratic
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