2005 House Bill 4641

Authorize beer festival licenses

Introduced in the House

April 20, 2005

Introduced by Rep. Stephen Adamini (D-109)

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 Committee on Regulatory Reform

April 25, 2006

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 29, 2006

Amendment offered

To also allow "microbrewers" to participate in the beer festivals.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Substitute offered

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

Amendment offered by Rep. Bill Caul (R-99)

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

Passed in the House 98 to 8 (details)

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.

Received in the Senate

Nov. 30, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Regulatory Reform