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• Introduced by Rep. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on June 3, 2008, to authorize a special beer festival license for a nonprofit organization composed primarily of licensed brewpubs. The license would allow up to 12 events each year showcasing the participants' beers and their production.
  • Referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee on June 3, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on June 10, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 11, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that lowers the number of events an organizer could hold each year from 12 to 6, and also revises details that do not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 11, 2008.
• Passed 108 to 0 in the House on June 11, 2008, to authorize a special beer festival license for a nonprofit organization composed primarily of licensed brewpubs. The license would allow up to six events each year showcasing the participants' beers and their production.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on June 12, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee on June 12, 2008.