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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Senate T&M committee was busy yesterday
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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 the [...]
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An Act of God
We were really hoping to bring our bill up today, but things just didn’t work out. At least some of the blame rests on the flooding in Montgomery today, which shut down the State House and threw everything into disarray. The legislature had to abandon the State House and its modern computer system for the [...]
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Incorrect information in FTH blog post
In an earlier blog post, Dan Roberts was quoted to explain the situation in the state senate. Specifically, he was quoted to explain the reason why Phil Poole had been filibustering earlier in the session. At the time, we assumed Dan was giving an objective summary of the situation. We were simply trying to keep [...]
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Limbo
Obviously, our chance for the chair to call our bill up and get it passed didn’t occur yesterday. We’re in limbo, waiting for Erwin to be persuaded not to filibuster, or for him to be out of the chamber. There’s really not much constructive updating I can do at this point.
The Senate will meet three [...]
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Amendment Update
I’ve just received the latest update on the Brooks Amendment. So here’s the scoop.
My own speculation was correct in that the amendment applies to retailers that have an “off-premises” only license, while most upscale grocery stores have “on and off-premises” licenses. It would not apply to any grocery store that has an on/off-premises license for [...]
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Insanity Plus Some Craziness
What a day in the Senate.
First, I heard through the grapevine that we had a very high position on the special order calendar, which was very good news, and that turned out to be true. We were 6th on a calendar of 61 bills. Very good.
But the first unpleasant moment was when I heard SB132 [...]
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The Big Week
Alright folks, lock and load. All hands on deck. Get on your mark. And any other overused phrase that comes to mind.
The Senate Rules committee has informed us they intend to get a vote on The Gourmet Beer Bill this week. The exact timing is still a little up in the air because the general [...]
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