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Senate Bill 3128 seeks to allow the owners and operators of restaurants, bars, and breweries to use outdoor spaces which they own or lease and which are located on, or adjacent to, their business premises, as an extension of their …Read More
A.B. 4719 and companion S.B. 2952 seek to allow limited brewery licensees to deliver beer to a consumer’s residence and alcoholic beverage retailers and craft distilleries to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks for consumption off the licensed …Read More
Assembly Bill 4700 and companion Senate Bill 2950 seek to waive the renewal fees to hold a limited brewery license and restricted brewery license (brewpub). The bill further allows municipal governing bodies to also waive the municipal renewal fees to …Read More
A.B. 4606 seeks to allow the holder of a limited brewery license, restricted brewery license, plenary winery license, farm winery license, out-of-State winery license, cidery and meadery license, or craft distillery license to directly ship or deliver to the residence …Read More
Taken up by the Senate following Assembly passage, A.B. 4319 seeks to extend the temporary ability of bars and restaurants to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages in closed and sealed containers (including crowlers and growlers of beer) beyond any COVID-19-related …Read More
Passing the Assembly, A.B. 4319 seeks to extend the temporary ability of bars and restaurants to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages in closed and sealed containers (including crowlers and growlers of beer) beyond any COVID-19-related end date. Additionally, the …Read More
A.B. 4193 provides a temporary sales and use tax exemption for sales of alcoholic beverages by a craft alcoholic beverage manufacturer to a purchaser. The exemption would be effective until it is determined by the Governor that an emergency no …Read More
Passing the Assembly, A.B. 3965 expands the existing state Economic Development Authority loan program to include small producers of alcoholic beverages. Read More
Passing both legislative chambers, A.B. 3959 establishes the New Jersey Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in the state’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses and makes a $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal …Read More
Signed by the Governor, Assembly Bill 3966 extends the current home alcohol delivery privilege six months beyond the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 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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