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Returned to the Senate following multiple House amendments, S. B. 688 defines ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails as a beverage, composed in part of distilled liquor, combined with other nonalcoholic ingredients, carbonated or still, by whatever name the beverage may be called, …Read More
Sent to the Governor for consideration, Senate Bill 2625 provides that no retail establishment with a retail sales floor that exceeds 2,500 square feet shall display alcohol-infused products and co-branded alcoholic beverages immediately adjacent to similar products that are not …Read More
Signed by the Governor, H.B. 882 with respect to transfers from a permitted microbrewery to another permitted microbrewery, changes the minimum requirement of a receiving microbrewery from a 10-barrel brewing system to a 5-barrel brewing system. Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 868 seeks to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to modify the definitions of “brand” and “brand extension” for certain alcoholic beverages. Specifically, a brand would include various names of the supplier, and the bill would …Read More
Approved by both chambers of the legislature, H.B. 1321 provides for repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt. Read More
The subject of conference committee deliberation, House Bill 1358 seeks to expand tenant brewing to include manufacturers of wine and liquor. Read More
Signed into law, H.B. 2185, among several provisions, would allow a special event license to be issued concurrently with a microbrewery festival license. Read More
Amended in Senate committee, A.B. 2174 authorizes a beer manufacturer licensee to sell up to 124 gallons of beer manufactured by or for the licensee per catering event for consumption at conventions, sporting events, trade exhibits, picnics, social gatherings, community …Read More
Now on third reading in the Senate, Assembly Bill 2849 would exempt premises operated under a beer manufacturer license from current requirements that any on-sale retail licensee that gives, sells, or otherwise dispenses draught beer to include specified information about …Read More
Pending final Senate consideration, A.B. 1940 would allow a wholesaler or manufacturer, or a successor, to accept the return of a seasonal brand of beer from a retail licensee if the beer is exchanged for a quantity of beer of …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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