Representative Mike Ball has agreed to handle SB192 on the floor of the House. Our bill will be introduced with a substitute pending. (pdf of the substitute). The substitute favored by the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism must be approved by the full House, so a motion to adopt the substitute will come [...]
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Homebrew legalization fails
After some lively debate, HB266 failed a floor vote today 28-45. I’m really quite confused. Some of the No votes don’t even make sense. We’ll put the vote results in the Find Your Legislator tool shortly. HB266 is not a Free the Hops bill.
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The new legislative leaders, on beer
The Republican caucus in the Alabama Senate and House, now in the majority party for both chambers, chose their nominees for Senate Pro Tem and House Speaker recently. This is one of the major reasons why political parties want a majority. As a caucus, they decide who they will support for these positions as a [...]
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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Brewery Modernization Act hearing
The Brewery Modernization Act will be discussed in the House Committee on Tourism and Travel this Wednesday, February 3, at 1:30PM. If it gets a favorable report from committee, it will go back to the full House where it will wait for a full vote. We expect to have at least one Free the Hops [...]
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Support HB406
The Brewery Modernization Act was introduced into the House today – HB406 sponsored by Representative Oliver Robinson of Birmingham. No new bills were introduced in the Senate today, so expect our companion Senate bill next week. People always ask how they can help, and I can’t stress this enough – the best way to help [...]
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House Audio Recording
Some folks have requested an audio recording of yesterday’s House debate on our bill. Which we have, of course. FTH House Debate 2009.mp3 Be prepared to be angered and offended by the self-righteous ignorance, such as Richard Laird’s assertion that the quality of a church should be judged by whether or not its members would [...]
It’s Complicated
This post is for the hardcore among you. If the excruciating details of the legislative process bore you, feel free to skip it. First, you might want to review our “steps” page summarizing what is involved in getting the Gourmet Beer Bill signed into law and where we stand right now. The point to keep [...]
HB373 passes the House
By a comfortable margin – 49 to 37. Next up, we need a functional senate!
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