Temporary Import License Considered in WV
House Bill 4397 seeks to authorize temporary 30-day licenses for out-of-state nonintoxicating beer brewers to import beer for test marketing and distribute to festivals and samplings. Read More
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House Bill 4397 seeks to authorize temporary 30-day licenses for out-of-state nonintoxicating beer brewers to import beer for test marketing and distribute to festivals and samplings. Read More
S.B. 176 seeks to amend a variety of provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and related provisions in part contained in the Malted Beverage Act addressing labeling and packaging and the power of relevant state commissions and departments to …Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 2080 creates a license endorsement allowing domestic licensed alcohol manufacturers to provide contract packaging services to other alcohol manufacturing licensees within this state. Read More
Held in subcommittee, H.B. 328 seeks to privatize the sale of alcoholic beverages in Virginia. Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 289 would allow liquor stores, farm wineries, brewery-pubs, microbreweries, craft distilleries, and wine auctions to provide curbside service for the sale of alcohol. Read More
House Bill 1219 addresses issues related to beer wholesalers possessing, transporting, selling, and delivering mixed beverages and defines mixed beverages as a prepared cordial, cocktail, or highball that is in a can or container and is a mixture of: (1) …Read More
S.B. 340 relates to direct to consumer shipments of alcohol to New Hampshire residents, specifying that beer, specialty beer and specialty beverages delivered to the state’s consumers shall not exceed 8 percent alcohol by volume. Read More
House Bill 1250 would allow a winery, farm winery, or brewery located within or outside the Commonwealth that is authorized to engage in the retail sale of wine or beer, after obtaining a marketplace facilitator license from the Board of …Read More
Signed into law, A.B. 1293 establishes the New Jersey Brewery, Cidery, Meadery, and Distillery Industry Advisory Council as well as a promotion account, the monies of which are to be expended for research, development and promotion of New Jersey’s limited …Read More
H.B. 328 seeks to privatize the sale of alcoholic beverages in Virginia. 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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