Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit

Latest action Feb 26, 2026

Establishes a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A7662, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

Committee

Investigations And Government Operations · New York State Senate

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To allow a temporary New York craft beverage permit for all New York state-manufactured liquor, spirits, wine, beer, cider, and mead for events located in a municipality with a population of less than one million.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 26, 2026Result: passed
(57) (0) (0) (6)
Vote: Committee vote · Investigations And Government Operations
Senate Investigations And Government OperationsFeb 10, 2026Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 26, 2025Result: passed
(61) (0) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Investigations And Government Operations
Senate Investigations And Government OperationsFeb 3, 2025Result: passed
(7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Dan Stec, George Borrello and 9 more on Agora

Democratic7
Republican4

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

To create equity and fairness for those in the craft beverage industry in their ability to apply for specific permits. Under current law, producers of specialty spirits, such as farm distillers, cannot make their product available at any event. Unlike beer and wine, there is no permit process under New York law for distilled spirits. Beer and wine may be served at weddings and other events once a permit is obtained from the State Liquor Authority. However, those who produce specialty spirits, like farm distillers, are not afforded this same opportunity as no permit process is available to them. This legislation seeks to correct this inequity in the law.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 26, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 26, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)

Feb 10, 2026
1ST Report CAL.334
1ST REPORT CAL.334
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate
Apr 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Feb 26, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 26, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 26, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Feb 5, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 4, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2025
1ST Report CAL.237
1ST REPORT CAL.237
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
Party colors: Parties are shown in the same neutral colors.
Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 3, 2026. About our data

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