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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama Restricts Liquor Mark Up Base and Sets October 2026 Effective Date
Last action · March 19, 2026: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 999Sponsor: Andy Whitt
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill redefines how the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board calculates its wholesale liquor mark up by specifying that the "cost of merchandise" only includes the amount paid for case lots. The measure limits the total wholesale mark up to 16.99 percent and takes effect on October 1, 2026.
Changes how wholesale liquor pricing is calculated across the state by excluding freight costs from the merchandise cost base used for percentage mark ups.
- The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board regulates the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages within Alabama. context
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 Control Board
The board must calculate wholesale liquor mark ups using a redefined cost of merchandise base.
State General Fund
Receives designated additional mark up revenues levied by the board.
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Procedural history
6 actions- Mar 19, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 999
- Mar 19, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Mar 11, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 5, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Feb 5, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
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