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RTD Bill Tabled in Pennsylvania

Tabled prior to third consideration in the Senate, S. B. 688 provides a definition of ready-to-drink cocktail to mean a beverage, composed in part of spirits, combined with other nonalcoholic ingredients, carbonated or still, by whatever name such beverage may …Read More

RTD Bill Surfaces in Pennsylvania

Senate Bill 688 provides a definition of ready-to-drink cocktail to mean a beverage, composed in part of spirits, combined with other nonalcoholic ingredients, carbonated or still, by whatever name such beverage may be called, premixed and packaged in original containers, …Read More

Satellite Location Bill Intro’d in PA

House Bill 39 seeks to increase from two to five the number of storage licenses available to manufacturers to cover locations separate from the manufacturing facility to receive, store, repackage, sell and distribute malt or brewed beverages in the same …Read More

PA Privatization Proposal Intro’d

Clearing initial committee consideration, House Bill 2272 proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, prohibiting the Commonwealth from manufacturing or selling liquor. Read More

Contract Brewing Bill Approved by PA Governor

Signed into law, H.B. 1615 provides for sales of malt beverages produced under a contract brewing or an alternating proprietorship agreement. Read More

PA Alt-Prop Bill Sent Back to Committee

Rereferred to Senate committee, H.B. 1615 provides for sales of malt beverages produced under a contract brewing or an alternating proprietorship agreement. Read More

PA Alt-Prop Bill Amended

Amended in the Senate, H.B. 1615 provides for sales of malt beverages produced under a contract brewing or an alternating proprietorship agreement. Read More

RTD Spirits Bill Passes PA Senate

Amended prior to passing the Senate, S.B. 566 would allow both state stores and distributors to handle ready-to-drink spirits beverages in up to 16-ounce packages and not to exceed 12.5 ABV. Also imposes an 18% sales tax on these products. Read More

Proposed Distribution Provisions Clear PA House

Passing the House, H.B. 1615 stipulates that malt or brewed beverages produced for a brewery under a contract brewing agreement or alternating proprietorship with an out-of-state manufacturer may only be distributed through the three-tier system. Read More

Franchise Bill Intro’d in PA

S.B 623 provides for a required renegotiation of a supplier-distributor franchise agreement prior to the fifth anniversary of said agreement and non-good cause termination with sixty days’ notice as long as the termination does not cause irrevocable loss (defined as …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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