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Earlier this month, Brewers Association (BA) President & CEO Bart Watson and Vice President of Government Affairs Marc Sorini met with senior TTB leadership in Washington, D.C. The BA will be providing the TTB with priorities for the multiple regulatory …Read More
The Brewers Association (BA) has learned that multiple breweries have not received payments committed by the USDA under the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP). The funds were frozen by one of the President’s recent executive orders. On March 17, …Read More
On March 2, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would suspend enforcement of the CTA. First enacted in 2021, the CTA imposed reporting requirements on almost all U.S. corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities. Those …Read More
Brewers Association State Government Affairs Director Sam DeWitt testified along with members of the Colorado Brewers Guild, the Colorado Restaurant Association, and others in the food and beverage profession to support House Bill 1282. The bill would exempt taxes and …Read More
The Georgia Craft Brewing Guild’s signature legislation, Senate Bill 122, was heard in a subcommittee on February 26th. The bill, which allows craft brewers limited self-distribution rights, now awaits a hearing in the full Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee. …Read More
In Hawaii, the guild is pursuing multiple pieces of legislation, including House Bill 108, authorizing direct-to-consumer shipments of craft beer and spirits to consumers in and out of the state, which has passed all three committees on the House side …Read More
In Iowa, Senate Filing 245 pursues direct-to-consumer shipping for alcoholic liquor. The bill, characterized by lawmakers as a free market issue, seeks to expand the right to ship all liquor, rather than wine-only, to consumers in the state. Read More
Ohio continues its effort to reform franchise law in the state with Senate Bill 23, a straight exemption from the state’s franchise law for brewers under 250,000 barrels of production a year. The bill is awaiting a hearing in the …Read More
The Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG) is leading the charge on three separate bills: Senate Bill 1554, known as “Beers For Steers,” would provide a tax credit for brewers who donate spent grain to ranches and farms within 100 miles …Read More
The Brewers Association will submit comments to the TTB to provide input on the Agency’s proposed new regulations mandating “alcohol facts” and major allergen disclosures on the labels falling under its primary jurisdiction. In February we began soliciting member input …Read More
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