RTD Taxation Addressed in WA Bill
H.B. 2493 provides a definition for “ready-to-serve alcoholic beverages” and addresses the taxation of those products. Read More
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H.B. 2493 provides a definition for “ready-to-serve alcoholic beverages” and addresses the taxation of those products. Read More
Senate Bill 369 provides that: a licensed brewer or resident brewer may not produce more than 50,000 barrels per calendar year at a brewer or resident brewer’s principle place of business and manufacture; may have multiple locations; and may enter …Read More
S.B. 316 provides that it is unlawful for brewers or distributors to offer any prize, premium, gift, or other similar inducement, except advertising matter, including indoor electronic or mechanical signs, of nominal value up to $250.00 per stock keeping unit, …Read More
S.B. 2427 /H.B. 2607 authorize retail package store licensees and beer permittees to sell hemp-based products. Read More
S.B. 2636/H.B. 2845 seeks to prohibit a beer permittee from selling at retail refrigerated or cold beer. Read More
Each passing their respective chambers, companions S.B. 182 and H.B. 522 direct the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers and wholesalers may …Read More
H.B. 2049 requires producers of certain paper products and packaging (covered PPP) to participate in and fund the operations of a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to collect and manage covered PPP from consumers and carry out other specified activities and …Read More
Now on second reading, Senate Bill 5002 seeks to reduce the breath or blood alcohol concentration limit for operating a motor vehicle from 0.08 to 0.05. Read More
House Bill 212 seeks to change the liquor excise tax from a fixed amount of tax to a tax rate on the wholesale price. All wholesalers would pay an excise tax of six percent of the wholesale price of beer, nine …Read More
H.B. 213 would change the liquor excise tax to one on the retail transaction. All consumers would pay an excise tax equivalent to two percent of the price of beer, three percent of the price of wine, and four percent …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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