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Passing House committee, H.B. 2135 allows any out-of-state manufacturer or brewer who makes their products out of state to have an ownership interest in an Oklahoma retailer, so long as that retailer does not sell the products of the manufacturer …Read More
House Bill 3377 establishes Addiction Crisis Recovery Fund and requires the Oregon Health Authority to study optimum minimum pricing of malt beverages, wine, and cider to allow consumer access and discourage overconsumption. Read More
S.B. 806 modifies definition of “malt beverage” for purpose of regulation and taxation of alcoholic beverages to align more closely with federal statutory definition of “beer.” Read More
House Bill 3296 seeks a seventy dollar increase to the excise tax on beer, to a total of $72.60 per barrel. Read More
Held in committee, House Bill 5280 would create a refundable ten cent deposit for non-reusable beverage containers and further provides for a four cent handling fee to be paid by distributors. Read More
House Bill 5255 and companion Senate Bill 199 seek to modify limitations on quantities of malt beverages and distilled spirits that can be sold at retail by certain licensed breweries and distilleries for off-premises consumption. Both bills have been …Read More
Stalled in committee, H.B. 5324 seeks to increase the amount of malt beverages that a manufacturer can sell for offsite consumption from 24 twelve-ounce and 24 sixteen-ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans to 55 twelve-ounce (12 oz.) and 41 sixteen-ounce …Read More
On the Governor’s desk, S.B. 109 authorizes certain interstate shipments of distilled spirits. Read More
Passing committee, H.B. 1208 seeks to establish a distilled spirits direct shipment license and distilled spirits carrier license to enable the direct shipments of certain distilled spirits in South Dakota. Read More
Receiving a favorable vote in committee, House Bill 1123 would permit in-state alcohol manufacturers to deliver alcoholic beverages to state customers under certain conditions. 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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