NY Craft Beer Trail Designation Proposed
Assembly Bill 863 designates a portion of the state highway system as the North Country Craft Beer Trail. Read More
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Assembly Bill 863 designates a portion of the state highway system as the North Country Craft Beer Trail. Read More
Senate Bill 3675 would increase taxes on alcohol by 50 percent, allocating the increased revenue to a special fund to be used for the purposes of alcohol and substance abuse addiction prevention and recovery services and programs. Read More
Senate Bill 3863 establishes the gallon as the standard measurement for purposes of taxation of alcoholic beverages. Read More
S.B. 3870 seeks to exempt alcoholic beverages sold at retail by a licensed producer of alcoholic beverages to a customer where such sale occurs either at the brewery, winery or distillery where such alcoholic beverage was produced or as a …Read More
Assembly Bill 4291 would provide a tax credit to taxpayers who grow the base ingredients necessary for the production of beer. Read More
Senate Bill 4245 and companion A.B. 3275 authorize the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of liquor. Read More
Senate Bill 2321 would allow a microbrew pub licensee to sell or direct ship malt beverages manufactured on the licensed premises to an individual in the state. Read More
House Bill 1096 would authorize certain social media exchanges. Read More
Passing committee, S.B. 385 authorizes a retail spirits licensee to serve samples of beer, wine, and spirits to consumers on its licensed premises. Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, S.B. 65 seeks to allow direct shipment of all forms of liquor, rather than just wine, by certain licensees and requires the county liquor commissions to adopt rules and regulations. 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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