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Carried over to a subsequent session, L.D. 740 seeks to limit the approval of alcoholic beverage container labels by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to whether a label conforms to regulations …Read More
Carried over, Senate Bill 442 seeks to add to the exceptions to the registration requirement for labels of malt liquor, wine, hard cider or low–alcohol spirits products sold in the State labels approved by the United States Department of the …Read More
Carried over to a subsequent session, H.B. 842 seeks to allow a small brewery or a 3rd-party contractor of a small brewery to deliver containers of malt liquor produced by the brewery to a customer 21 years of age or …Read More
Amended prior to passing the Senate, Senate Bill 448 provides that a holder of a Class 1 distillery license, Class 4 limited winery license, Class 5 brewery license, Class 7 micro-brewery license, Class 8 farm-brewery license, or Class 9 limited …Read More
House Bill 304 would require all licensees for alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises to list the alcohol by volume for each beer selection on their menu. Read More
Senate Bill 2193 creates a brewer shipper’s license that allows a person with a brewer, class 1 brewer, class 2 brewer, class 3 brewer, or brewpub license or who is licensed to make beer under the laws of another state …Read More
Amended in Senate committee, H.B. 647 now provides a definition of “low alcohol by volume spirits beverage” to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no more than five per cent alcohol by volume and includes distilled spirits mixed with other ingredients, …Read More
Amended in committee, H.B. 1259 seeks to allow direct shipment of all forms of liquor, rather than just wine, by certain licensees. Read More
Amended prior to passing the full House, House Bill 1458 would increase the volume of malt beverages, wine and liquor produced by small craft producer pub license holders, with the malt beverage cap increasing from 70,000 to 150,000 barrels. Read More
Amended in the House, Senate Bill 717 expands the definition of “beer” under the liquor regulatory laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction …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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