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Proposed Bill 6658 seeks to restrict the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer to sales to the holder of a wholesaler permit and to prohibit the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer from the retail sale of beer …Read More
House Bill 887 and companion S.B. 1006 repeal the definition of draft beer and apply the same tax rate (0.54 cents/per wine gallon) to all beer. Read More
House Bill 634 addresses the ability to provide retailers with non-refrigeration dispensing equipment and seeks to increase dollar limits relating to retail displays and advertising. Currently, a distiller, wholesaler, winemaker, or brewer may give or sell product displays to a …Read More
Proposed Bill 6846 seeks to increase the sales limit for breweries for off-premises consumption to nine gallons. Read More
L.B. 314 and L.B. 497 propose to raise alcohol taxes, among others, to address the state’s property tax crisis. Under both bills, the gallonage tax on beer would increase to $1.38 from thirty-one cents. Read More
A.B. 3208 seeks to lower the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 to .12. Read More
Senate Bill 704 seeks to add a statutory provision allowing a “small franchisor” (a beer manufacturer that produces 300,000 barrels or less annually and accounts for 10% or less of a “franchisee’s” (i.e. distributor’s) total annual sales volume) to terminate …Read More
A.B. 205 seeks to amend the definition of beer to expressly allow the fermentation of fruit, honey and natural sugars. Read More
Senate Bill 801, the Brewery Modernization Act of 2019, seeks to increase the taproom sales limit to 5,000 barrels for both class 5 and 7 breweries with no required buyback provision and codifies the right for the former class to …Read More
Signed by the Governor, Senate Bill 11 removes the dual licensing requirement for a person who manufacturers, sells at wholesale, or imports both fermented malt beverages and malt liquor. 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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