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In a joint letter to a California Assembly Member, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice raised concerns with A.B. 1541 which proposes to strengthen franchise provisions for distributors. According to the federal agencies, the bill would …Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 665 would allow those brewers not licensed as a micro brewer and that produced in total fewer than 120,000 barrels of beer per year to sell its beer for on premises consumption at not more than …Read More
Passing the House, H.B. 2726 seeks to reduce the tax rate on qualified small brewers (defined as producing 70,000 barrels or less annually) and adds spirits-based beverages to the definition of cooler beverages to bring those products into tax equivalency …Read More
Gaining House approval, House Bill 5345 seeks to revise the threshold for claiming a tax credit based on how much beer the brewer manufactures in a tax year. Currently, a brewer can claim a credit against the beer tax against …Read More
H.B. 563 seeks to define “low alcohol spirits beverage” and include such beverages in the regulatory structure governing vinous beverages. Read More
House Bill 781 seeks to create a farm-based manufacturer’s license for alcoholic beverage manufacturers that are located on a farm and produce alcoholic beverages that are made a majority by weight from ingredients produced by that farm. Read More
House Bill 1947 would allow a microbrewery to sell beer of its own production in growlers and cans at retail for off-premises consumption at a qualifying farmers market. Currently, only bottles of beer can be sold. Read More
The subject of a committee hearing, Senate Bill 115 seeks to prohibit a person under 21 from entering or being allowed into a permitted bar, restaurant-bar, microbrewery, brew pub, winery, farm winery, or micro-distillery that has beer and intoxicating liquor …Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 5006 creates a new endorsement to allow wineries to serve beer and microbreweries to serve wine to their customers but restricts the offerings to three products and requires the products to be produced in Washington. Read More
House Bill 3429 would allow the holder of multiple small brewer licenses to sell beer produced at any brewery for which the licensee has a license at any other brewery for which the licensee has a license, or on contiguous …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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