The Gourmet Bottle Bill, or SB294, has passed the Senate Small Business committee and received a second reading on the floor of the Senate. In addition, the GBB has had its first reading on the floor of the House as HB264. Read more about the legislative steps here. If you have not contacted your representative [...]
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Montgomery Assigns Numbers to Gourmet Bottle Bill
The House of Representatives has given the Gourmet Bottle Bill “HB264″ while the Senate has given the bill “SB294″. The House sponsors are Jim Barton, Chad Fincher, Jamie Ison and David Sessions. The Senate sponsor is Paul Sanford.
Free the Hops 2012 Legislative Session Update
Tuesday, February 7th, the 2012 regular session of the Alabama Legislature will begin at 12pm. A Regular Session may consist of no more than 30 Legislative Days within the framework of a 105-calendar day period according to the Legislature’s home page. Last year’s session convened March 1, 2011, and adjourned June 9, 2011 to [...]
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Brewery Modernization is now the law of the land
Just got official text message confirmation. Governor Bentley has signed SB192 into law. Tap rooms are now legal. Brewpubs can sell their beer off-site and be located in an economically distressed area. Rejoice!
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Governor Bentley says he will sign SB192
Birmingham News: Alabama Governor Robert Bentley plans to sign beer bill into law. An article in the Birmingham News confirms that Governor Bentley plan on signing SB192. A good read overall.
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SB192: Gamechanger
Here’s an interesting video from the folks at The Terminal. Shot during the Magic City Brewfest, it features interviews with some of the folks behind Avondale, Back Forty, and Good People, and what passage of the Brewery Modernization Act will mean to them and their businesses. To channel the president of Free the Hops – [...]
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The Governor and SB192
I traveled down to the Magic City Brewfest last weekend. When talking to people there, I noticed a disturbing trend. Apparently we have oversold the idea that it doesn’t matter what the Governor does with SB192. If he signs it, it becomes law. If he doesn’t sign it by Thursday, it becomes law. If he [...]
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Deadlines
There is some confusion about when the Governor must sign or veto our legislation, and what happens if he does nothing. The Governor has until Thursday to sign or veto SB192. If he does neither by the time the legislature adjourns, it will become law because the bill was passed before the pocket veto was [...]
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Brewery bills in Texas
We don’t normally use this space to talk about beer laws of impact outside of Alabama, but HB602 in the Texas legislature has been interesting to follow this year. The bill is now dead for the year.
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House Debate audio
Pretty quick this time. Representative Joe Hubbard introduced us on the floor. Download
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