New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A1662: Winery license holders, cert-sell wine produced by other winery licensees
Status: Introduced, October 22, 2026
Permits certain winery license holders to sell wine produced by other winery licensees under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.
What the bill says
An Act concerning certain winery licenses and amending R.S.33:1-10.
From the amended text, October 22, 2026:
An Act concerning certain winery licenses and amending R.S.33:1-10. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1[1. R.S.33:1-10 is amended to read as follows: 33:1-10. Class A licenses shall be subdivided and classified as follows: Plenary brewery license. 1a. The holder of this license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to brew any malt alcoholic beverages and to sell and distribute [his] [ADDED: those] products to wholesalers and retailers licensed in accordance with this chapter, and to sell and distribute without this State to any persons pursuant to the laws of the places of such sale and distribution, and to maintain a warehouse; provided, however, that the delivery of this product by the holder of this license to retailers licensed under this title shall be from inventory in a warehouse located in this State which is operated under a plenary brewery license. The fee for this license shall be $10,625. Limited brewery license. 1b. The holder of this license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, to brew any malt alcoholic beverages in a quantity to be expressed in said license, dependent upon the following fees and not in excess of 300,000 barrels of 31 fluid gallons capacity per year and to sell and distribute this product to wholesalers …
Sponsors
- Mitchelle Drulis (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Roy Freiman (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Cody D. Miller (D, 4) · primary sponsor
- Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D, 15)
- Alex Sauickie (R, 12)
- Heather Simmons (D, 3)
- Melinda Kane (D, 6)
Latest actions
- : REP 2RA
- : REP/ACA REF AAP
- : REP/ACA REF AAN
- : INT 1RA REF AOF
Votes
- Assembly Appropriations Committee: Reported favorably (October 22, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 22, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (June 15, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Common questions
- What is A1662?
- A1662 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Winery license holders, cert-sell wine produced by other winery licensees.
- What does A1662 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning certain winery licenses and amending R.S.33:1-10.
- What is the status of A1662?
- Introduced as of October 22, 2026. Latest action: REP 2RA (October 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored A1662?
- Mitchelle Drulis (D, 16), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A1662?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A1662
Source: official New Jersey record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.