NY Considers Alcohol Shipping
S.B. 2852/A.B. 3132 authorize the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of liquor, cider, mead, and braggot. Read More
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S.B. 2852/A.B. 3132 authorize the direct intrastate and interstate shipment of liquor, cider, mead, and braggot. Read More
S.B. 3028 / A.B. 2954 creates a tax credit for small businesses, including breweries, that sell a certain percentage of products produced in New York state. Read More
Passing committee, House Bill 230 increase liquor excise tax rates (beer is increased from .41 cents/gallon to .25 cents per twelve ounce serving) and eliminate the rate differentials for microbrewers, small winegrowers and craft distillers. Companion S.B. 259 has …Read More
House Bill 343 provides for the direct interstate shipping of beer. The direct beer shipment permit would allow two twelve-quart cases of beer to be shipped monthly to a New Mexico resident who is twenty-one years of age or …Read More
Passing out of committee, House Bill 167 removes the requirement that nano breweries manufacture beverages in a public building. Read More
L.B. 512 seeks to increase the number of retail locations a craft brewery-manufacturer licensee may operate from five to ten. Read More
Passing committee, S.B. 21 seeks to change the due date for monthly reports by licensees to the liquor commission and authorizes the commission to accept payments and reports electronically. Read More
Senate Bill 137 repeals the nano brewery license and provides that beverage manufacturer license holders with an annual production under 2,500 barrels shall not enter into a contract brewing arrangement with a contract brewer if the licensee does not brew …Read More
Passed by the full House, House Bill 305 would allow manufacturers, including brewers, to own up to three retail licenses, one of which must be co-located at a manufacturing premises with two available for satellite locations. Read More
Scheduled for a committee hearing, L.B. 404 provides for freely negotiated contracts between small producers and wholesalers and specifies that a franchise or agreement does not mean a small producer contract entered into or renewed on or after January 31, …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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