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Read and adopted by the Senate, SJR 191 commends the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild for its contributions to the craft beer industry and recognizes March 6, 2021, as Georgia Beer Day. Read More
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Read and adopted by the Senate, SJR 191 commends the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild for its contributions to the craft beer industry and recognizes March 6, 2021, as Georgia Beer Day. Read More
Passing the House, House Bill 232 authorizes over the course of three years, 5% of tax revenues derived from “strong beer” to be reallocated from the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission to the Idaho Hop Growers Commission. Read More
Before for the Governor, Senate Bill 15 seeks to allow a microbrewery licensee to sell and deliver up to 2,500 barrels of product to any retail licensee and to set forth terms of contracts between microbrewers and distributors. Read More
Clearing initial committee consideration, Senate Bill 9 addresses comprehensive alcohol regulatory issues review. Read More
S.B. 517 seeks to authorize a person licensed in this state or any other state as a beer manufacturer who obtains a beer direct shipper permit to sell and ship beer directly to a resident of the state, who is …Read More
Passing the House, House Bill 2305 relates to alternating proprietorships. Read More
Passing committee, S.B. 298 would authorize any person that has a brewpub-restaurant license to exchange that license for a bona fide public eating place license. Read More
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 legislative relief package has been signed into law by the President. Details of this and other federal initiatives of interest to small and independent breweries can be found in the latest Brewers Association Federal Affairs Political …Read More
Amended in committee, H.B. 2753 would allow a microbrewery licensee to hold a craft distiller license. Read More
Assembly Bill 1330 seeks to exempt licensed premises of beer manufacturers from the current requirement that any on-sale retail licensee that gives, sells, or otherwise dispenses draught beer to include specified information regarding the beer upon the faucet, spigot, or …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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