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Passing the House and advancing to the Senate floor, House Bill 1406 seeks to renew for July 2022, August 2022, and September 2022, after a 10-month hiatus, a temporary deduction from state net taxable sales for qualifying retailers in, among …Read More
Passing the House and amended in the Senate, H.B. 1417 would, among several provisions, create a task force in the Department of Revenue to study the regulation of alcohol beverages. The task force is required to review the current statutes …Read More
Subject of a committee hearing, House Bill 1355 requires the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to designate a nonprofit organization to implement and manage a statewide program that provides recycling services to covered entities …Read More
Signed by he Governor, Senate Bill 82 would authorize certain alcohol beverage license holders, including brew pub licensees and beer manufacturers operating a sales room, to hold festivals where they can conduct joint tastings and engage in any retail operations …Read More
Advancing in the House following Senate passage, Senate Bill 82 would authorize certain alcohol beverage license holders, including brew pub licensees and beer manufacturers operating a sales room, to hold festivals where they can conduct joint tastings and engage in …Read More
Amended in the Senate prior to passage, Senate Bill 82 would authorize certain alcohol beverage license holders, including brew pub licensees and beer manufacturers operating a sales room, to hold festivals where they can conduct joint tastings and engage in …Read More
Receiving favorable committee consideration, Senate Bill 82 would authorize certain alcohol beverage license holders, including brew pub licensees and beer manufacturers operating a sales room, to hold festivals where they can conduct joint tastings and engage in any retail operations …Read More
Signed by the Governor, H.B. 20B-1004 allows a temporary deduction from state net taxable sales for qualifying retailers in the alcoholic beverages drinking places industry (including breweries and taprooms), the restaurant and other eating places industry, and the mobile food …Read More
Signed by the Governor, Senate Bill 20B-001 provides $37 million for direct relief payments to small businesses located in counties subject to, and in compliance with, severe capacity restrictions pursuant to a public health order, with payments allocated to the …Read More
Signed by the Governor, Senate Bill 194 allows a licensed brew pub to sell to the public in sealed containers for off-premises consumption malt liquors that are manufactured at a separate licensed brew pub under the same ownership as the …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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