Event Permit Changes Advances in ND
Passing the Senate, S.B. 2319 would alter the parameters of special event permits for microbrew pub and brewer taproom license holders. Read More
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Passing the Senate, S.B. 2319 would alter the parameters of special event permits for microbrew pub and brewer taproom license holders. Read More
Senate Bill 3459 and Assembly Bill 3864 would allow brewery supply stores to sell New York state labelled beer for off-premises consumption. Read More
A.B. 3821 would authorize the sale of merchandise other than beer by licensed breweries and licensed farm breweries, the operation of another business on a licensed premises, and allow licensed breweries and farm breweries to charge for tours and tastings. Read More
Assembly Bill 3844 authorizes the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of liquor. Read More
Companions Senate Bill 1999 and A.B. 3912 provide for direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments. Read More
S.B. 2852/A.B. 3132 authorize the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of liquor, cider, mead, and braggot. Read More
S.B. 3028 / A.B. 2954 creates a tax credit for small businesses, including breweries, that sell a certain percentage of products produced in New York state. Read More
Passing out of committee, House Bill 167 removes the requirement that nano breweries manufacture beverages in a public building. Read More
Passing committee, House Bill 230 increase liquor excise tax rates (beer is increased from .41 cents/gallon to .25 cents per twelve ounce serving) and eliminate the rate differentials for microbrewers, small winegrowers and craft distillers. Companion S.B. 259 has …Read More
House Bill 343 provides for the direct interstate shipping of beer. The direct beer shipment permit would allow two twelve-quart cases of beer to be shipped monthly to a New Mexico resident who is twenty-one years of age or …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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