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• Introduced by Rep. Stephen Adamini (D) on April 20, 2005, to authorize a special beer festival license for a nonprofit organization composed primarily of licensed brewpubs for up to five events each year showcasing the participants' beers and their production.
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on April 20, 2005.
    • Reported in the House on April 25, 2006, with the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Amendment offered in the House on November 29, 2006, to also allow "microbrewers" to participate in the beer festivals. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on November 29, 2006.
  • Substitute offered in the House on November 29, 2006, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 29, 2006.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Bill Caul (R) on November 29, 2006, to revise a law that requires the Liquor Control Commission to grant a package beer and wine license to gas stations in small towns in small counties. The bill modestly increases the population thresholds. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on November 29, 2006.
• Passed 98 to 8 in the House on November 29, 2006, to authorize a special beer festival license for a nonprofit organization composed primarily of licensed brewpubs for up to five events each year showcasing the participants' beers and their production. The bill would also modestly increases the population thresholds in the law that requires the Liquor Control Commission to grant a package beer and wine license to gas stations in small towns in small counties.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on November 30, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform Committee on November 30, 2006.