House Bill 1701 seeks to lower the allowable blood alcohol content (BAC) from .08 to .05.
WA Legislation Seeks to Lower Legal BAC
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Wyoming Proposal to Raise Excise Tax Stalls
Two bills, House Bill 155 and House Bill 166, which sought to significantly raise the excise taxes on alcohol beverages have failed to advance.
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Electronic Tax Filing Proposed in NY
Senate Bill 1827 would require the commissioner of taxation and finance to allow distillers and brewers to file their taxes electronically.
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Adjacent Location Bill Advances in WY
Under Senate consideration after being amended in the House, House Bill 96 authorizes holders of a microbrewery permit to dispense malt beverages in areas adjacent to its site.
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Tax Break Considered for NY Tastings
S.B. 3387 would exempt certain item used at tastings from the compensating use tax held by a licensed brewery, farm brewery, cider producer, farm cidery, distillery or farm distillery.
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Additional Sales Ability Proposed in NY
Senate Bill 2481 would add sales for on premise consumption to already existing abilities to offer tastings and off premise consumption sales of New York state labelled beer manufactured by a licensed brewer or licensed …More
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Increase to NC Self-Distribution Cap Proposed
House Bill 67 seeks to increase the self-distribution allowance to 100,000 barrels from the current 25,000.
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ND Beer Transfer Bill Fails
Failing to pass the Senate, S.B. 2137 sought to allow brewpubs and brewer taproom license holders the ability to transfer beer between other brewpubs and taprooms under common ownership.
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Oregon Considrs More Off-Premises Privileges
House Bill 2160 would allow brewery-public house licensees to also hold off-premises sales licenses.
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PA Brewer Tax Credits in Proposed Budget
Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal contains $5 million in tax credits to brewers providing a maximum annual credit of $200,000 for capital improvement expenditures made after June 30, 2017.
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