This is a little late, but the Senate flavor of our Brewery Modernization Act was introduce to the State Senate last week. SB192 is sponsored by Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison) with a host of cosponsors including Senators Tom Whatley (R-Auburn), Paul Sanford (R-Huntsville), Del Marsh (R-Anniston), Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro), and Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham).
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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 [...]
The filibuster continues
The Senate failed to do anything significant today and were still locked down in filibuster over the national health care opt out bill. No Brewery Modernization Act vote today.
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The Let Down
It’s starting to become an old story. We’re so close yet something gets in the way. The Brewery Modernization Act was the 8th bill on the Special Order Calendar today, ahead of 7 pieces of legislation that didn’t seem to have much controversy. It looked like we wouldn’t have a problem. Unfortunately, a filibuster started [...]
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SB328, the Brewery Modernization Act in the Senate TODAY!
The Senate tends to be seat-of-the-pants. A few minutes ago we got word that the Brewery Modernization Act is going to be the 8th bill on the Special Order Calendar of the Senate today. If you haven’t expressed your support of the Brewery Modernization Act, now is the time to do so. The best way [...]
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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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A Senate update
Tomorrow will be the 6th of 30 legislative days in the 2010 session, and our Senate bill has still not been introduced. No bills have been introduced since day 3 because of the debate over the $1 billion road project proposal.
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What’s up in the Senate
As I stated earlier, the Senate passed no bills yesterday. The reason for no new business was because the Senate spent the day debating a $1 billion road bill. We do not expect a first reading in the Senate until after that deadlock is resolved. For those interested in learning more about the dynamics of [...]
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