HB 573 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to container sizes for beverages of high alcohol content

This bill amends regulations regarding the container sizes for alcoholic beverages with high alcohol content. It specifically restricts the maximum volume of these containers to no more than 1.00 liters. The change directly impacts producers and sellers of such beverages by setting a clear upper limit on bottle size. This legislative update aims to standardize packaging rules without altering other aspects of alcohol sales or consumption.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 17, 2024

How they voted

35–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 16, 2024
D Democratic11
8 Yea 3
72% Yea
R Republican28
27 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Paula Davis
Paula Davis
RRepublican
LA
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