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S 3478: Includes within the definition of "wine product", a beverage containing wine which has undergone an alcohol reduction process including but not limited to nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, osmotic distillation, vacuum distillation, spinning cone column, or through a multi-stage membrane-based system.
What S 3478 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to clarify the definition of a "wine product" in New York State. A wine product is a beverage containing wine with added ingredients such as juice, flavoring, water, citric acid, sugar, and carbon dioxide, and with an alcohol content of no more than six percent. This law also allows for the creation of low-alcohol beverages through various processing methods, including nanofiltration and reverse osmosis. The law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3478
- What is the current status of S 3478?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3478 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS".
- Did S 3478 pass?
- Not yet. S 3478 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3478, and where is it now?
- S 3478 was authored by Sen. Pamela Helming. Its committee of record is Senate Investigation & Government Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 237 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3478 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to wine products The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 36-a of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1985, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 36-a. "Wine product" means a beverage containing wine to which is 5 added concentrated or unconcentrated juice, flavoring material, water, 6 citric acid, sugar and carbon dioxide and containing not more than six 7 per centum alcohol by volume, to which nothing other than such wine has 8 been added to increase the alcoholic content of such beverage; or a 9 beverage containing wine which has undergone an alcohol reduction proc- 10 ess including but not limited to nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, osmot- 11 ic distillation, vacuum distillation, spinning cone column, or through a 12 multi-stage membrane-based system. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07391-01-5
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