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Amended prior to Senate passage, Senate Bill 2153 seeks to void the March 1, 2022, sunset provision contained in the act authorizing a holder of a Class B or brew pub manufacturer’s license to sell specified amounts of wine, beer …Read More
House Bill 4397 seeks to authorize temporary 30-day licenses for out-of-state nonintoxicating beer brewers to import beer for test marketing and distribute to festivals and samplings. Read More
S.B. 176 seeks to amend a variety of provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and related provisions in part contained in the Malted Beverage Act addressing labeling and packaging and the power of relevant state commissions and departments to …Read More
Held in subcommittee, H.B. 328 seeks to privatize the sale of alcoholic beverages in Virginia. Read More
Subject of a committee hearing, House Bill 1734 would impose a tax on the sale of low-proof beverages in the amount of $1.19 per gallon and defines such beverages as any beverage that is 16 ounces or less and that …Read More
The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has accepted $225,000 Offers in Compromise (OIC) from two industry members, Robert “Chick” Fritz, Inc. of Belleville, Illinois and from Doll Distributing LLC of Des Moines, Iowa, following two unrelated investigations into sponsorship agreements …Read More
Amended and re-referred to committee, Senate Bill 620 establishes a regulatory process for specified distilled spirits manufacturers and producers and beer manufacturers to directly ship alcoholic beverages to a resident of California who is 21 years of age or older, …Read More
Senate Bill 846 would authorize a licensee with off-sale retail privileges to deliver alcoholic beverages to consumers away from the licensed premises if specified requirements are met; provides that a consumer may pick up an order directly from such licensees; …Read More
Passing initial committee consideration, House Bill 289 would allow liquor stores, farm wineries, brewery-pubs, microbreweries, craft distilleries, and wine auctions to provide curbside service for the sale of alcohol. Read More
Under Senate consideration following House passage, H.B. 290 seeks to make permanent the ability for food and drink establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in transactions for take-out, curbside, or drive-through service. 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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