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Assembly Bill 4387 seeks to remove from current law a provision requiring the holder of a limited brewery license to provide a tour of the brewery when selling the brewery’s products for consumption on the licensed premises. Read More
Senate Bill 1334, allowing the holder of a limited or restricted brewery license to sell beer in growlers at a seasonal farm market, was amended and reported from committee. The amendments establish that only 32, 64, or 128 ounce …Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, Assembly Bill 4118 seeks to authorize the issuance of annual permits to sell alcoholic beverages at seasonal farm market, thereby eliminating redundant one day permit applications and issuances by providing for one permit to span the …Read More
Senate Bill 2570 would create a license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead. Read More
Assembly Bill 4014 seeks to allow a brewery to serve beer on its premises to a consumer who has not toured the brewery, however, a brewery would be required to offer consumers a tour, either at a regularly scheduled date …Read More
Passing committee with amendments, A.B. 2281, the “Smart Container Act,” would require a 10-cent deposit on all plastic and glass bottles and aluminum cans (other than refillable containers) less than 24 oz. and a 20-cent deposit on such beverage containers …Read More
A.B. 2281, the “Smart Container Act,” would require a 10-cent deposit on all plastic and glass bottles and aluminum cans (other than refillable containers) less than 24 oz. and a 20-cent deposit on such beverage containers over 24 oz. up …Read More
Senate Bill 771 requires industrial process food waste be sent to a recycler. The bill was amended in committee to exempt facilities that send the waste to be used as animal feed. Read More
Assembly Bill 1949 allows the holder of a limited or restricted brewery license to sell beer at a community farm market. Read More
A.B. 1951 authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-state and out-of-state retailers. 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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