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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont bill bans mixing alcohol and nonalcoholic drinks in retail displays and funds cannabis ad study
Last action · February 3, 2026: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human ServicesSponsors: Anne Donahue and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont H.857 prohibits holders of alcoholic beverage retail licenses from alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages within the same retail display. The bill also appropriates money to the Cannabis Control Board to commission an independent legal analysis of state regulation of cannabis advertising.
Retailers holding second-class alcohol licenses must alter how they arrange beverage displays, separating alcoholic products from nonalcoholic ones.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
alcoholic beverage retail license holders
Retailers holding second-class licenses are prohibited from placing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages in the same retail display.
Cannabis Control Board
The Board receives an appropriation to commission an independent legal analysis of state regulation of cannabis advertising.
Key Facts
- Prohibits holders of an alcoholic beverage retail license from commingling alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages within the same retail display.
- Appropriates monies to the Cannabis Control Board to commission an independent legal analysis of state regulation of cannabis advertising.
- Amends provisions of Title 7 to align alcoholic beverage and cannabis regulation with general health policies.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services
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