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Sampling and Sales Bill Awaits Vote in New York

Awaiting a full Senate vote, Senate Bill 1860 provides for permits for brewers, manufacturers, and importers to serve small samples of their beer or malt beverages at certain events; includes fees and definition of small sample; includes the privilege to …Read More

Small Brewer Tax Credit Proposed in Pennsylvania

S.B. 73 provides for a small brewer tax credit of $200,000 for the purchase of qualifying capital expenditures. Read More

Social Media Capabilities Bill Passes California Assembly

Passing the Assembly, A.B. 973 seeks to harmonize the rules for on-sale and off-sale retailers and allows the dissemination of retail information on new media platforms (e.g. social media) for all types of retailers. Read More

New Hampshire Farmer Market Sampling Study Advances

Amended and passed by the House, Senate Bill 99 establishes a committee to study allowing the sampling of beer or wine at farmer’s markets and a committee to study powdered or crystalline alcohol. Read More

California Farmers Market Sales Approved

Signed into law, S.B. 934 allows beer, brewpub, and beer and brewpub manufacturer permittees to also hold a farmers’ market beer sales permit. Read More

Farm Market Sales Proposed in New Jersey

Companions A.B. 4389 and S.B. 2910 seek to permit certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets. Read More

Proposed Tax Increase Would Fund Childcare Services in Illinois

Adopted by the full House, House Resolution 431 urges the Governor and the General Assembly to review the possibilities of increasing distribution fees by 2.5% on craft beer breweries solely to fund childcare services at State universities. Read More

New Jersey Direct Retail Sales Bills Introduced

Assembly Bill 4391 and Senate Bill 2912 both seek to authorize restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-state and out-of-state retailers. Read More

Small BREW Adds Co-Sponsors

H.R. 232, the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act), was introduced in the 114th U.S. Congress on January 8 by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Richard E. Neal (D-MA). Joining as original co-sponsors of the …Read More

Illinois Bill Proposes Changes to Brewery Licenses

Amended in the Senate after passing the House, House Bill 3237 allows a manufacturer, distributor, or importing distributor to furnish free social media advertising to a person having a retail license if the social media advertisement does not contain the …Read More

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Pete Johnson

State & Regulatory Affairs Manager

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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