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Dying in committee, Senate Bill 163 sought to: authorize manufacturers of malt beverages to sell or donate malt beverages they produce, subject to certain limitations and conditions; provide for direct donation of malt beverages by brewers and brewpubs to certain …Read More
Amended in committee, Assembly Bill 546 would revise tied-house restrictions related to paying, crediting, or compensating a retailer or retailers for advertising, display, or distribution service in connection with the advertising and sale of all alcoholic beverages, rather than only …Read More
Now under Senate consideration, House Bill 374 expands the definition of “beer” to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, …Read More
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 licensee authorized to sell …Read More
Action deferred by House committee, S.B. 687 sought to increase the amount of malt beverages, wine, and alcohol that a small craft producer pub licensee may produce during the license year. For malt beverages, the proposal would have increased …Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, 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
A.B. 1673 seeks to exempt premises operated under a beer manufacturer license from the requirement that any on-sale retail licensee that gives, sells, or otherwise dispenses draught beer to include specified information about the beer upon the faucet, spigot, or …Read More
Becoming law with the Governor’s signature, House Bill 1498 allows a microbrewery-restaurant private club permittee to store and sell spirituous liquor to members for on-premises consumption. Read More
S.B. 411 and H.B. 1631 amend the definition of beer to change the maximum alcoholic content to 12% ABW and to provide that the minimum container size of beer to be sold for off-premises consumption is sixteen ounces. Read More
Advancing from initial committee consideration, House Bill 1760 would repeal residency requirements currently in effect for obtaining a wholesaler license for alcoholic beverages. 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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