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TABC votes at a glance: minutes, production limit, and rule adoptions
Summary
At its March 25 meeting the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved meeting minutes and adopted a production-limit order and multiple rule amendments; no details of vote tallies by name were recorded in the public transcript.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission took several formal actions at its March 25, 2025 meeting. The transcript records motions and seconds and confirms all items below were carried as presented.
Votes and actions recorded at the meeting
- Approval of commission meeting minutes (Nov. 14, 2024): Motion to approve carried; mover and second recorded but names not specified in the public portion of the transcript.
- Adoption of the 2025 annual production limit order: Staff presented the order under Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code section 62.122(f). The proposed order would raise the annual production limit by an amount tied to the state demographer’s 2024 population growth (1.8%), to a total production limit of 193,303 barrels as presented by staff. A motion to approve the order was made and seconded on the record; the commission voted to carry the motion.
- Adoption of amended rule 50.24 (seller server school certificates and requirements): Staff said the proposal moved an existing contact-information requirement from the licensing chapter to the seller-server chapter for convenience; the rule was published for comment and no public comments were received. Commissioners voted to adopt the amended rule as recommended by staff.
- Adoption of amendments to licensing rules in chapter 33 (rules 33.20, .23, .44, .45, .57, .75, .93, .100, .103 and .104) and repeal of rules 33.101 and 33.105: Staff said the amendments update application and withdrawal procedures, reduce the minimum number of days for nonprofit temporary-event permits in some cases, and align chapter language with current practice. The amendments were adopted as recommended by staff; no public comments were recorded.
- Adoption of amendments to marketing practices rules in chapter 45 (rules 45.9, .11, .12, .20, .23, .30, .40, .45 and 45.105): Staff said the amendments update product registration procedures, authorize an executive director designee for relabeling, and clarify allowable outdoor advertising; the commission adopted the rules.
The public transcript records that motions were moved, seconded and carried; it does not record individual roll-call vote tallies or names for each yes/no vote in the public portion of the meeting. The commission also entered executive session citing Government Code sections for personnel, attorney consultation and deliberation on real-estate or security matters and reconvened in open session with no executive-session actions announced.
If a member of the public or press requires certified vote tallies or the official minutes, TABC staff indicated those materials are the agency’s official record and may be requested through customary channels.
