Alabamians For Specialty Beer

We passed the house!

By Stuart | Published: March 5, 2008

House Bill 196, the Gourmet Beer Bill, passed the house!

Next: the Senate! SB116 is the sister bill to HB196. Watch this space for more to come…

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10 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 9:11 am | Permalink

    Great news! See if your rep voted for it – if so, thank them. If not – call and try and educate them.

    The House may see the Senate Bill or its version again, so getting more votesis important, even though it has passed.

    The roll call vote is avaialbel at Al.com under news around the state. Brandon

  2. Anonymous
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 9:12 am | Permalink

    Apologies for misspelling, cold fingers this morning. B

  3. jhud
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    Looked on al.com but couldn’t find the roll call. Where is it under news around the state, what paper?

    j

  4. graysandpeas
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    Follow this link:

    http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-34/120467606865380.xml&storylist=alabamanews

    My rep had voted no, so I sent him a respectful note asking him to change his mind. Took every bit of restraint it have. A no vote on that bill is to pander to ALCAP, which is the rottwieler of the Alabama Baptists. You know, I consider myself a baptist. Baptists historically believe in seperation of church and state. I wish they’d all remember that and defund ALCAP. We must teach out children morality, because it sure can’t be legislated.

  5. Anonymous
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

    David Grimes (R-Montgomery) emailed me on March 4 saying he supported the bill. Now I see that he voted “No”. Sigh….

  6. Smug Baldy
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 1:21 pm | Permalink

    Congrats on the vote. I’m not the beer drinker I used to be – but I’ve always despaired at the selection available here in Mobile. For really good beer, you have to drive for it, so we settle instead.

  7. Anonymous
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    So do we know when it will go before the Senate for a vote?

  8. onechurch
    Posted March 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm | Permalink

    grayandpeas,

    my senator is Hank Erwin who has degrees from Southwestern Bible College and from Dallas Baptist Seminary. He also serves on the ALCAP board. Needless to say, he is most likely voting no. Emailed him to ask him to vote yes anyway…

  9. Anonymous
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 10:16 am | Permalink

    Erwin is mine too… our local paper had quotes from him last week decrying all the “sin legislation,” including this bill (while his bills aren’t progressing!).

    DTS

  10. Anonymous
    Posted March 26, 2008 at 10:59 am | Permalink

    Just a quick update, Grimes never responded to my question about why he voted “no” after promising his support.