HB4463

HB4463 allows a nonresident brewer to send malt beverages into Texas from any of its out-of-state locations under one Texas nonresident-brewer license, rather than needing a separate one for each location. It does not authorize direct shipments to consumers: the provision still limits recipients to licensed brewers or distributors. The governor signed the act June 20, 2025; it took effect September 1, 2025.

The act consolidates contract-brewing and shared-facility arrangements under Section 62.14, allowing licensed brewers and nonresident brewers to contract with either type of license holder. It repeals the separate nonresident-facility provision, Section 63.05. For the brewing location, the amended text specifically requires each party to hold a brewer’s license in this state. Federal filing requirements and applicable bonds remain part of the shared-facility provision. Consolidating licenses does not dispense with every other brewing requirement.

A nonresident brewer may solicit, accept or fill a licensed Texas brewer’s or distributor’s order only if it is the brand’s primary American source of supply. That means the manufacturer or the source closest to it from which Texas brewers or distributors can obtain the product; the statutory definition includes specified producers, owners, bottlers and exclusive agents. Each product may have only one such source for Texas. That source is treated as the brewer under the state’s territorial distribution and fair-dealing rules, including rules governing distributor agreements and termination.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission must adopt implementing rules as soon as practicable, including fee adjustments—increases are expressly allowed—as necessary to cover administration costs under Section 5.50. The act does not set a new dollar fee or guarantee that every license holder will pay less.