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Now on third reading in the Senate, H.B. 2502 provides that no retail establishment with a retail sales floor that exceeds 2,500 square feet shall display alcopops immediately adjacent to soft drinks, fruit juices, bottled water, candy, or snack foods …Read More
Signed into law, H.B. 1200, among a number of provisions, makes the following changes regarding breweries: (1) Removes a requirement that the 90,000 barrel limit per calendar year applies to beer manufactured at a brewery located in Indiana. (2) Allows …Read More
Undergoing several procedural actions, Senate Bill 905, among a number of provisions, establishes a new $3.57 per wine gallon alcoholic beverage tax for liquor coolers with an alcohol by volume of over 7% ABV by manufacturers that produce up to …Read More
Signed into law, S.B. 117 authorizes a licensed manufacturer or importer of alcoholic beverages to donate a limited number of alcoholic beverages to a licensed nonprofit special event. Read More
Referred to Assembly committee, S.B. 788 seeks to remove the barrel production requirement that a licensed beer manufacturer must meet in order to manufacture cider or perry at the licensed production premises and to sell cider or perry to any …Read More
Referred to Assembly committee, Senate Bill 269 seeks to authorize the holder of a beer manufacturer’s license, a winegrower’s license, or craft distilled spirits manufacturer’s license that holds any combination of those licenses for a single premises to have alcoholic …Read More
Introduced by Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), along with eight other original co-sponsors, the United States Postal Service (USPS) Shipping Equity Act (H.R. 3721) would allow the USPS to ship alcohol (beer, wine, and spirits) in states …Read More
Signed by theGovernor, Senate Bill 264 seeks to authorize licensees with the ability to sell alcohol beverages to jointly participate in up to fifty-two festivals held by another licensee within a 12-month period. Read More
House Bill 484 seeks to allow brewpubs to transfer beer between brewpubs under the same ownership in certain circumstances and would require beer to be transferred to certain tanks prior to sale for the purpose of determining the tax due …Read More
Senate Bill 321 defines a new category of ready to drink mixed liquor beverages containing no more than 12.5 percent alcohol by volume called “mixed spirit beverages” and requires them (other than those distributed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board) …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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