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S.B. 310 would allow a person who holds a restaurant permit in an economic development area and an interest in a brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery located on or adjacent to the restaurant, to sell alcoholic beverages for carryout …Read More
Provisions of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019 (S. 362; H.R. 1175) were included in the year-end legislative package addressing further COVID relief measures and government operational funding, signed into law by the President on December …Read More
Clearing initial committee consideration, H.B. 1 would extend the ability of certain licensees to continue to sell alcoholic beverages as part of transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through food service so long as certain conditions are met and allows a …Read More
House Bill 1371 would allow small brewers and artisan distillers to sell their products for carryout at a farmers’ market. Read More
Draft Bill 409 seeks to allow alcoholic beverage licensees to use Department of Revenue-provided responsible server and sales training in areas where responsible server and sales training is not readily available. Read More
Passing both chambers of the legislature, Assembly Bill 4525 seeks to allow the owners and operators of restaurants, bars, distilleries, or breweries to use outdoor spaces which they own or lease and which are located on, or adjacent to, their …Read More
Passing the Assembly after being amended to permit the New Jersey Brewers Association, the Brewers Guild of New Jersey, and their successor organizations to submit information or changes to the Internet website established pursuant to this bill, A.B. 1091 requires …Read More
Senate Bill 85 (prefile) seeks to authorize holders of multiple small brewer licenses to sell beer at multiple locations. Read More
Referred to committee, Senate Bill 1370 provides for conditions under which a supplier may terminate a distributor relationship in the absence of good cause with sixty days’ notice and provided that “irrevocable loss” (defined as the loss of volume of …Read More
On December 20, 2019, the President signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which includes a one-year extension (through December 31, 2020) of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) provisions originally passed for a two-year …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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