Tuesday, March 04, 2008

We passed the house!

House Bill 196, the Gourmet Beer Bill, passed the house!

Next: the Senate! SB116 is the sister bill to HB196. Watch this space for more to come...

posted by Stuart Carter at 11:37 PM permanent link

10 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Great news! See if your rep voted for it - if so, thank them. If not - call and try and educate them.

The House may see the Senate Bill or its version again, so getting more votesis important, even though it has passed.

The roll call vote is avaialbel at Al.com under news around the state. Brandon; March 05, 2008 8:11 AM
Anonymous said...: Apologies for misspelling, cold fingers this morning. B; March 05, 2008 8:12 AM
jhud said...: Looked on al.com but couldn't find the roll call. Where is it under news around the state, what paper?

j; March 05, 2008 10:07 AM
graysandpeas said...: Follow this link:

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-34/120467606865380.xml&storylist=alabamanews

My rep had voted no, so I sent him a respectful note asking him to change his mind. Took every bit of restraint it have. A no vote on that bill is to pander to ALCAP, which is the rottwieler of the Alabama Baptists. You know, I consider myself a baptist. Baptists historically believe in seperation of church and state. I wish they'd all remember that and defund ALCAP. We must teach out children morality, because it sure can't be legislated.; March 05, 2008 10:44 AM
Anonymous said...: David Grimes (R-Montgomery) emailed me on March 4 saying he supported the bill. Now I see that he voted "No". Sigh....; March 05, 2008 11:30 AM
Anonymous said...: Congrats on the vote. I'm not the beer drinker I used to be - but I've always despaired at the selection available here in Mobile. For really good beer, you have to drive for it, so we settle instead.; March 05, 2008 12:21 PM
Anonymous said...: So do we know when it will go before the Senate for a vote?; March 05, 2008 1:41 PM
Anonymous said...: grayandpeas,

my senator is Hank Erwin who has degrees from Southwestern Bible College and from Dallas Baptist Seminary. He also serves on the ALCAP board. Needless to say, he is most likely voting no. Emailed him to ask him to vote yes anyway...; March 05, 2008 2:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Erwin is mine too... our local paper had quotes from him last week decrying all the "sin legislation," including this bill (while his bills aren't progressing!).

DTS; March 06, 2008 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...: Just a quick update, Grimes never responded to my question about why he voted "no" after promising his support.; March 26, 2008 10:59 AM