Utah Alt Prop Bill Fails to Advance
Failing to pass committee, H.B. 423 sought to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to allow for alternating proprietorships for manufacturing licensees. Read More
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Failing to pass committee, H.B. 423 sought to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act to allow for alternating proprietorships for manufacturing licensees. Read More
House Bill 370 proposes to allow the holder of a second-class license and retail delivery permit to deliver malt beverages and vinous beverages to consumers through an approved third-party contractor. Read More
H.B. 379 seeks to limit out-of-state consumer shipping licenses to wineries and breweries that are located in states that allow Vermont brewers and vintners to acquire consumer shipping licenses. Read More
Awaiting gubernatorial action, S.B. 1428 would prohibit the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority from selling in government stores low alcohol beverage coolers not manufactured by licensed distillers. Under current law, the Board may sell any low alcohol beverage coolers …Read More
Passing initial Senate committee consideration, House Bill 1480 includes authorizations related to curbside delivery and takeout service or delivery of alcohol products, the sale by restaurants of premixed cocktails, cocktail kits, and wine drinks, and the sale of growlers by …Read More
Signed by the Governor, S.B. 5272 waives temporarily the fees for certain liquor license renewals, including brewery licenses, beer/wine and beer/wine/spirits restaurant licenses, and tavern licenses. Read More
House Bill 2648 would authorize temporary 30 day licenses for out-of-state nonintoxicating beer brewers to import beer for test marketing and distribution to festivals and samplings. Read More
S.B. 56 would allow most alcohol beverage retailers to make online or telephone sales of alcohol beverages to be picked up by the customer at parking spaces that are part of the retail licensed premises. Read More
S.B. 57 seeks to allow most alcohol beverages retailers to make online or telephone sales of alcohol beverages and deliver the alcohol beverages to the customer or to have the alcohol beverages delivered to the customer by an independent third-party delivery service. Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 13 clarifies that businesses with a retail liquor license, microbrewery permit, winery permit, winery satellite permit or a manufacturer licensee with a satellite location are able to “deliver or contract to have delivered alcoholic …Read More
Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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