Vol. 1, Ed. 74 — Mon Oct 26: House bill offers brewers spent-grain tax credit

A bipartisan House bill would give breweries a federal excise tax credit for donated spent grain; New Jersey's hemp-beverage extension is one Assembly vote from passage; Missouri's state study recommends no new marijuana licenses. For general information only — not legal advice.

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This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Seventy-Four, for Monday, October Twenty-Sixth.

Our top story: a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House last Wednesday would create a new federal excise tax credit for breweries that donate spent grain to farms. The Brews to Barns Act would credit eight cents per pound of donated grain against a brewery's federal excise taxes, capped at thirty-five thousand dollars per brewery each year. The Brewers Association, which supports the bill, estimates it could return up to thirty-eight million dollars a year to small and independent brewers.

In other federal news, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey said it is, quote, really problematic, that the D E A requires medical cannabis dispensaries seeking federal registration to remove or obtain waivers for employees with past drug felony convictions. A Mississippi dispensary owner said the agency gave no timeline for waiver decisions.

Around the states: New Jersey's hemp beverage extension is one vote from passage. The bill, which would move the state's sales deadline from November thirteenth to December eleventh to match federal law, has cleared the Senate thirty-seven to nothing and the Assembly's committees. A full Assembly vote is the last step. In Missouri, a state-released study concluded the marijuana market is meeting demand and recommended no new licenses, while proposed rules would require annual ownership reporting. Rhode Island regulators voted to extend cannabis delivery hours to seven in the morning through eleven at night. And Colorado issued a health and safety bulletin after marijuana products were found to contain the solvent methyl ethyl ketone.

On the radar: New Jersey's current hemp beverage deadline is November thirteenth, and federal hemp restrictions take effect December eleventh, the same day UPS begins requiring T H C testing documentation for hemp shipments.

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