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House Bill 738 allows a small brewer (defined as a brewer whose sales of products to such brewer’s wholesaler do not exceed 15 percent of the wholesaler’s total sales in the prior calendar year) to terminate a wholesaler agreement with …Read More
Assembly Bill 1091 seeks to require Division of Travel and Tourism to advertise and promote tours of breweries in the State. Read More
Passing the Senate, S.B. 7186 seeks to allow restaurant-brewers to sell up to two hundred fifty barrels of their product without the use of a wholesaler. Read More
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 with beer- and …Read More
A.B. 1103 would authorize a limited brewery (microbrewery) licensee to hold on-site special events open to the general public on the licensed premises of the brewery, as well as off-site special events open to the general public. Licensees may …Read More
Awaiting a full Senate vote, S.B. 5509 would allow allowing brewery supply stores to sell beer for off premises consumption. Read More
Senate Bill 2234 seeks to lower the threshold blood alcohol concentration from 0.08 to 0.05 for the offenses of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Read More
Assembly Bill 1130 seeks to allow the consumption of food on the licensed premises of a limited brewery, with patrons able to purchase food from a vendor not owned by the licensee, or from a restaurant or other type of …Read More
H.B. 5343 seeks to double the amount of beer a micro brewer may self-distribute to 2,000 barrels per year, not including sales to consumers on the micro brewer’s licensed premises. Read More
Assembly Bill 1144 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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