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Voted out of committee, House Bill 46 seeks to permit Delaware brewery-pub and microbrewery license holders to brew, bottle and sell hard seltzers and other fermented beverages made from malt substitutes and includes specific tax on fermented beverages. The language …Read More
House Bill 1058 relates to alcoholic beverage containers, allowing wine and flavored malt beverage to be sold and distributed in a can. Read More
S.B. 25 repeals provisions that prohibit a grocery store, including a convenience store, or a drug store from selling and delivering cold beer for carryout and removes references to the temperature of beer. Read More
Senate Bill 175 requires a primary supplier that wants to amend, cancel, terminate, or refuse to renew a distribution agreement entered into with a beer wholesaler to act in good faith, with good cause, and with due regard for the …Read More
H.B. 1207 provides that the holder of certain permits to sell alcohol in certain restaurants who has an interest in a production facility permit for a brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery that is located on or adjacent to the …Read More
S.B. 310 would allow a person who holds a restaurant permit in an economic development area and an interest in a brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery located on or adjacent to the restaurant, to sell alcoholic beverages for carryout …Read More
House Bill 1371 would allow small brewers and artisan distillers to sell their products for carryout at a farmers’ market. Read More
H.B. 1528 seeks to allow a beer wholesaler to purchase and import liquor from a primary source of supply for beer and wholesale liquor if the wholesaler’s primary source of supply for beer has been the wholesaler’s primary source of …Read More
House Bill 1323 seeks to allow allows a microbrewery to locate within 200 feet of a school or church if the school or church does not object. Read More
S.B. 2 allows consumption of beer and wine on the Kansas state fairgrounds. 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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