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Gaining Senate committee approval, A.B. 1928 seeks to prohibit a beer manufacturer or a beer and wine wholesaler from offering, funding, producing, sponsoring, promoting, furnishing, or redeeming any type of coupon and a licensee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages at …Read More
New law in Connecticut, H.B. 5099 allows holders of caterer liquor permits to also be holders of manufacturer permits for brew pubs and manufacturer permits for beer and brew pubs. Read More
Passing the House and under Senate consideration, Delaware’s House Bill 299 would allow for the sale and consumption of beer, wine and liquor at movie theaters, including consumption within the theater during a movie showing. Read More
Proposed Illinois Liquor Control Commission rules would limit the amount of beer brewpubs could provide to distributors to 50,000 gallons. Read More
House Bills 5426 and 5427 seek to amend the Michigan Liquor Control Code to allow microbrewers to provide samples of their beer at farmers markets. The bills are tie-barred together, meaning neither can take effect if one is not enacted. Read More
Mississippi’s new law, H.B. 801 authorizes package retailers to sample product and hold tasting/sampling events. Read More
Passing both New Hampshire legislative chambers, Senate Bill 310 establishes a tenant brewer license authorizing the holder to enter into a partnership with a beverage manufacture to produce or package beer or specialty beer. Read More
With both New Hampshire legislative chambers agreeing to a conference report, House Bill 1415 seeks to establish a commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales at manufacturing facilities. Read More
As part of the second Wine, Beer, Spirits, and Cider Summit held earlier this year, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement with legislative leaders on a measure that will continue the state’s support of the growing craft beverage industry …Read More
New Hampshire’s Governor has signed into law, House Bill 1217 which amends the definition of “wholesale distributor” to allow purchases of beverages from nano brewery licensees. 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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