Beer Tax Reduction Passes Iowa Senate
Passing the Senate, Senate Bill 2378, largely addressing beverage container redemption issues, would also lower the barrel tax on beer from $5.89 to $4.03 effective July 1, 2023. Read More
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Passing the Senate, Senate Bill 2378, largely addressing beverage container redemption issues, would also lower the barrel tax on beer from $5.89 to $4.03 effective July 1, 2023. Read More
Passing the Senate and renumbered as S.B. 2374, the bill, largely addressing licensing stipulations and fees, proposes to change the definition of “high alcoholic content beer” from those with not more than fifteen percent alcohol by volume to those with …Read More
Before the Governor, S.B. 2 provides for the consumption of beer and wine on the Kansas state fairgrounds. Read More
S.B. 450 seeks to authorize a licensed wholesaler to transfer from a permitted microbrewery to another permitted microbrewery up to 50% of the total manufactured beverages sold at the receiving microbrewery provided all of the following conditions are met: (1) …Read More
Referred to committee, House Bill 370 provides that brewers who produce less than 93,000 gallons of beer annually may self-distribute up to 46,500 gallons to certain retailers. Read More
Referred to the Judiciary Committee, H.B. 494 would authorize a manufacturer or brewer who operates one or more brewing facilities located in the state to sell or serve products brewed at those facilities at wholesale to licensed retail dealers and …Read More
Assigned to committee, House Bill 554 provides that a microbrewer may sell up to 250 barrels of its finished products per month at wholesale to other licensed retail dealers and authorizes the sale of such brewed beverage from any licensed …Read More
H.B. 112 seeks to allow any alcoholic beverage manufacturer, wholesale dealer, homebrewer, or association the ability to obtain three-day temporary retail permits. Read More
House Bill 955 seeks to authorize manufacturers or brewers to lease their facilities to third parties for contracted events. Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 259 provide that a beer manufacturer that produces more than 60,000 barrels annually may have a financial interest in no more than one brewpub (existing law states that a beer manufacturer that sells less than 60,000 …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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