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Reported from committee, House Bill 327 seeks to allow small brewers (defined as under 6 million barrels) to terminate a distributor without cause and with less than the current 120-day notice (the notice provision is tiered based on sales: 30 …Read More
Assembly Bill 3445 seeks to allow the holder of a limited brewery license to operate up to 15 salesrooms apart from the brewery premises with the ability to sell their products in original containers or open containers for consumption on …Read More
H.B. 407 provides for a delivery service license from the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board to transport and deliver up to 48 twelve ounce containers of beer and six 750 milliliter bottles of wine, within a 24 hour period, to …Read More
Clearing committee, H.B. 3549 would allow an “emerging brewery” to, without good cause shown, terminate the right to distribute any brands of malt beverages for any licensed wholesaler to whom such emerging brewery has made regular sales of such brands …Read More
A.B. 3720 seeks to allow a limited 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
Signed by the Governor, H.B. 1081 exempts from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions. Read More
On the Governor’s desk for action, S.B. 5006 creates a new endorsement to allow wineries to serve beer and microbreweries to serve wine to their customers on-premise but restricts the offerings to three products and requires the products to be …Read More
Passing both chambers of the legislature, H.B. 2412 changes the number of retail licenses a domestic brewery and a microbrewery may hold, from two to four. These include an on/off premises tavern, beer/wine restaurant, spirits/beer/wine restaurant, or any combination thereof. …Read More
Passing the House, H.B. 4158 provides that a person at least 21 years of age may manufacture alcoholic liquor for personal or family use, with the household amount limited to 100 gallons per calendar year if there are two or …Read More
Senate Bill 2121 would allow dogs in certain areas of licensed microbreweries that are designated for the consumption of brewed products, provided that the brewery owner has elected to allow dogs on the premises, dogs will not have access to …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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