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Signed into law, H.B. 3222 creates a nonresident brewer’s permit and a nonresident manufacturer’s permit which allow the holders to represent nonresident brewers or nonresident manufacturers and perform certain activities on their behalf. Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 262 provides that Pennsylvania breweries will pay 6 percent sales tax on 25 percent of the retail sale to its consumer, rather than on every dollar of beer sold directly to consumers via taprooms, …Read More
Signed by the Governor, House Bill 131 further defines “alcoholic cider” and adds a definition of “fermented fruit beverage.” The bill also amends the Liquor Code to require non-alcoholic beer come through the wholesale tier of the three-tiered system. Read More
Clearing initial Senate committee consideration after passing the Assembly, A.B. 1133 allows a beer manufacturer up to give up to five cases of glassware – a total of 120 pieces – to an on-sale retail licensee, as specified, and allows …Read More
Signed by the Governor, H.B. 598 establishes a commission to study beer, wine, and liquor tourism in New Hampshire. Read More
Amended in the Assembly, Senate Bill 166 would require the State Water Resources Control Board, on or before December 1, 2025, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch, to adopt regulations for microbiological, chemical, …Read More
A.B. 5524 establishes the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council and provides for funding through certain alcoholic beverage tax receipts. Read More
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019 (S. 362; H.R. 1175) has been introduced in Congress. The legislation makes permanent the tax and other provisions passed as part of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act which …Read More
Receiving favorable Assembly committee consideration, Senate Bill 21 seeks to reduce the required minimum brewing production of a brewpub-restaurant licensee from 200 barrels per year to 100 barrels per year and clarifies that a brewpub-restaurant license does not authorize the …Read More
Passing the legislature, S.B. 5427 seeks to expands the number of barrels that a restaurant brewer may sell at retail. 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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