HB 3385 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the promotion and sale of wine produced in this state; creating a farm winery permit; authorizing a fee.

HB 3385 creates a new "farm winery permit" for Texas wineries that produce at least 75% of their wine from grapes or fruit grown in Texas, or that produce at least 50,000 gallons of Texas wine annually if they also make non-Texas wine. Permit holders can operate up to five off-premises locations for on-site wine sales and sell up to 250,000 gallons annually in unbroken packages for off-site consumption. The bill requires the state alcohol commission to adopt rules for notifying about off-site locations and verifying their status, including wet/dry county compliance. This permit expands sales opportunities for Texas wine producers while maintaining regulatory oversight for local wine production.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 21, 2025 Last action May 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted and slightly modified to clarify fee distribution and add administrative provisions. The core policy - creating a farm winery permit for Texas wine producers - remains unchanged, but the fee revenue split was adjusted and new sections were added to ensure proper rulemaking and implementation timelines.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains the same; it still creates a farm winery permit for Texas wine producers. However, the funding mechanism was modified to require the remainder of permit fees to go to the general revenue fund instead of a specific farm winery marketing assistance fund.

FISCAL

The permit fee distribution was changed from a 50/50 split between the farm winery marketing assistance fund and general revenue fund to a system where 50% goes to the marketing fund and the remainder goes to the general revenue fund.

REQUIREMENT

A new Section 17.006 was added requiring the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to adopt rules to administer the new chapter.

TIMELINE

New provisions were added to clarify that Chapter 17 takes effect only after the commission adopts necessary rules, with a grace period for existing permit holders to come into compliance.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to an engrossed version, with some minor wording changes to improve clarity and consistency throughout the document.

Floor votes · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

130–9

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 145

Apr 30, 2025

D Democratic59

58 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican86

72 Yea 9 Nay 5

83% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote reconsidered in committee

upper

May 25, 2025

Committee

Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

May 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

May 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs

upper

May 15, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

3 primary · 3 co-sponsors