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Now in the House Rules Committee, Senate Bill 9, comprehensive alcohol regulatory review legislation, specifically addresses the regulation of manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of alcoholic beverages and common carrier approval to transport or deliver alcoholic beverages. Read More
Passing the House and amended in the Senate, H.B. 1417 would, among several provisions, create a task force in the Department of Revenue to study the regulation of alcohol beverages. The task force is required to review the current statutes …Read More
Signed into law, Senate Bill 1248 would make it unlawful for a supplier to coerce or attempt to coerce a wholesaler to accept delivery of beer or any other commodity that has not been ordered by the wholesaler or for …Read More
Becoming law, H.B. 5331 eliminates the current wine festival permit and establishes a new festival permit for all manufacturers of alcoholic liquor (e.g., spirits, wine, and beer); allows beer manufacturers and certain Connecticut craft cafes to sell beer brewed in …Read More
Amended and advanced from initial committee consideration, Assembly Bill 2301 authorizes an on-sale retailer that is also a beer manufacturer to purchase alcoholic beverages from the licensed beer manufacturer, if the premises of production is located within five miles of …Read More
Amended in committee, A.B. 1734 permits, under certain conditions, a licensee that holds both a beer manufacturer’s license and a winegrower’s license at a single premises to allow both beer and wine throughout the premises at the same time. This …Read More
Amended and advanced from committee, Assembly Bill 2307 increases the limit, from six to eight, of authorized branch office locations for a licensed beer manufacturer and increases the corresponding limit, from two to four, on these branch locations being bona …Read More
Amended in committee to address recycling issues, S.B. 1198 seeks to authorize a person licensed in California or any other state as a beer manufacturer that obtains a beer direct shipper permit to sell and ship beer directly to a …Read More
Becoming law, Senate Bill 5940 creates a license endorsement allowing domestic licensed alcohol manufacturers to provide contract packaging services to other alcohol manufacturing licensees within the state. Read More
House Concurrent Resolution 100 directs the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study the disparity of taxes on all ready to drink beverages, regardless of their base, and the feasibility of a more equitable taxation of these products and …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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