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H.B. 660 seeks to make the three tier system for alcoholic beverage sales optional, allowing manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to sell to consumers, customers, and other licensees and to hold a direct shipper license. Read More
H.B. 752 seeks to apply the tax rate of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per gallon to distilled spirits of 14% or less alcohol by volume which are placed in containers for sale at retail (currently stipulated as 6% or less ABV). Read More
Senate Bill 2331 and companion H.B. 2370 seek to expand the definition of “beer” to specify an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent and to include alcohol seltzer beverages. Read More
House Bill 627 / Senate Bill 325 provide for a tax credit related to stillage management, with spent brewers grain classified as an eligible material. Read More
Passing the full House and initial Senate committee consideration, House Bill 530 seeks to authorize the Idaho Hop Grower’s Commission to promote beer made with Idaho-grown hops. Read More
House Bill 523 seeks to authorize manufacturers or brewers to host up to twelve private events at the brewing facility under certain conditions. Read More
With proposed amendments under committee consideration, House Bill 4327 creates an income tax credit for Illinois licensed craft brewers and wine manufacturers awarded on the basis of costs related to the purchase of crops used in the manufacture of beer …Read More
Passing both chambers of the legislature, H.B. 1298 would allow a county, city, or town to adopt an ordinance to allow the following at a farmers’ market: (1) A small brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery (craft manufacturer) to serve …Read More
Amended in Assembly committee, S.B. 38 would require beverage manufacturers, as defined, in the state to form a beverage container stewardship organization which would be required to develop and submit to the department a plan, annual report, and budget for …Read More
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) recently published a final rule implementing phase two of its rulemaking on modernizing labeling and advertising regulations for malt beverages and distilled spirits. Effective March 11, 2022, the changes are …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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