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Text of the substitute
As promised, here is the LRS version of the substitute.
Brewery Modernization Act substitute[pdf]
Feel free to ask any questions in the comments or in the forums.
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Substitution
Earlier I mentioned that representatives from the ABC Board had expressed some concern about the language of our bill. The Legislative Reference Service is currently crafting a substitute bill to the Brewery Modernization Act that should make everyone happy.
What’s a substitute? An amendment is when you want to make some small change to a bill. [...]
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Suds of the South
Our Tuscaloosa Chapter has organized a very cool event featuring southern breweries. There are still a few tickets left available online. At $10, this is a great deal. You get to meet and sample beers from the following folks:
Lazy Magnolia of Kiln, MS
Terrapin of Athens, GA
Sweetwater of Atlanta, GA
Good People of Birmingham
Back Forty of Birmingham
Olde [...]
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Where is the Brewery Modernization Act?
After we passed the appropriate Senate and House committees, the Brewery Modernization Act was put on an unofficial temporary hold. A representative of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board informed us that they wanted some language in our bill to be clarified before it progressed further.
Our people are talking to their people and all that stuff [...]
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For clarity’s sake
Because we don’t want to take credit away from others who rightly deserve it, a public service announcement.
This year’s Homebrew Legalization bill is not a Free the Hops initiative. Although we fully support SB153 and will utilize our resources to help its passage, the bill is primarily being promoted by a loose alliance of homebrew [...]
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The primary means of communicating information to our members and supporters is the Free the Hops newsletter. Although we also use this blog, Facebook, Twitter, and the FTH Community to inform and discuss our issues, all of our followers should be signed up for the email newsletter.
The newsletter is typically sent out once a month, [...]
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Senate T&M committee was busy yesterday
Our Senate flavor of the Brewery Modernization Act, SB328, passed out of the Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee quietly yesterday. It will likely be re-introduced to the full Senate tomorrow.
Also of interest, SB153, the Homebrew Legalization bill, passed out of the same committee and received its second reading in the Senate.
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Support SB328!
SB328, our Senate flavor of the Brewery Modernization Act, was introduced by Senator Bobby Singleton yesterday. Senator Singleton, a Democrat from Greensboro, was our sponsor last year when we finally passed the Senate.
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HB406 passes House committee
Apparently almost everyone with posting privileges was in Montgomery advocating for our bill, so sorry this is late. HB406, The Brewery Modernization Act, received a favorable report from the House Committee on Tourism and Travel this afternoon after a public hearing. Our sponsor, Representative Oliver Robinson, introduced the bill. Free the Hop members Stuart Carter, [...]
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