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Clearing initial committee consideration, 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
Senate Bill 993 would allow licensed wineries, breweries, and micro-distilleries to sell their wine, beer, and alcoholic liquors at festivals and to provide samples at festivals. Further, each type of manufacturer could also obtain a corresponding festival permit. Read More
Passing the House, H.B. 2319 eliminates the requirement that the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) adopt and administer a keg-identification program for sales of kegs and other containers of four gallons or more of malt liquor. Read More
Passing the House, H.B. 1081 would exempt from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions. Read More
House Bill 2168 seeks to authorize temporary 30 day licenses for out-of-state nonintoxicating beer brewers to import beer for test marketing and distribute to festivals and samplings. Read More
Senate Bill 291 seeks to reduce the legal blood alcohol concentration limit from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent and to require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a public education campaign about the reduced limit, to take effect upon two …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
A 5% tax on alcohol sales in Anchorage will appear on the April ballot. Read More
Senate Bill 268 allows credits against the New Jersey alcoholic beverage tax to manufacturers of brewed beverages in the amount of qualified capital expenses paid by the brewer during the tax year. Read More
Senate Bill 271 seeks to amend current law to authorize holders of a limited brewery license to: hold an unlimited number of on-premises special events, for which the license holder may sell tickets without obtaining a permit; hold up 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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