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 is [...]
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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 shame [...]
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 [...]
HB373 passes the House
By a comfortable margin – 49 to 37.
Next up, we need a functional senate!
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The Debate
The past couple of years our bill has sparked some wild commentary from members of the House of Representatives. Maybe they’ve finally gotten the craziest stuff out of their systems, or maybe we’ll hear more zany antics tomorrow. No way to know unless you tune in. They convene at 1pm, and we’re [...]
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The House
We’ve somewhat ignored the House of Representatives on this blog because all the drama has been in the Senate this year. But the House is still important! Our bill has to go through both the House and Senate in one session in order to become law.
We passed the House last year and have [...]
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HB373 Passes House Committee
Yesterday a group of us went to the Alabama legislature to make our case in the Travel & Tourism committee as to why our bill deserves to pass out of committee. As you may already be aware, the committee voted unanimously to allow our bill to head to the floor of the House (on a [...]
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Last week in the legislature
Last week was the second week of the 2009 Alabama legislative session, and that usually marks the first week of action in Montgomery.
So far the Alabama House of Representatives has gotten off to an early start, passing several of the required “sunset laws.” These are noncontroversial bills that must be passed periodically to continue to [...]