Day 57: Another Beer Bill
HB 2436 was filed yesterday by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez. You can read the text of the bill here. This bill essentially accomplished what HB 660 tries to, except for production breweries and not brewpubs....
View ArticleDay 87: Step 1 in the book for HB 602
Congrats to Brock Wagner, the folks at St. Arnold, and all the other Texas brewers, distributors and retailers supporting HB 602 which today passed the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures...
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Day 89: The Freedom to Choose
On this day in 1933, the first brews were legally sold following prohibition – a movement that, at its end, saw even its original proponents lobbying to repeal it. As it turned out, Prohibition did...
View ArticleDay 100: Support HB 2436 / SB 1575
Long time, no write. unfortunately, I have nothing to report on HB 660. I’ll let you figure out the rest there. I do, however, have great news on HB 2436 and its companion bill, SB 1575. If you...
View ArticleOpen The Taps: The 4th Tier Has a Voice
If you heard my testimony before the Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee back on March 22, 2011 (or if you’ve been a regular reader of this blog), you might recall me talking about how...
View ArticleJudge Sparks’ Greatest Hits!
And now for the lighter side. As I alluded to previously, Judge Sparks’ judgement is full of all kinds of funny lines. If this whole judging thing ever gets old to him, he’s got a career in comedy....
View ArticleChairman of Senate Business and Commerce Committee reacts
One item lost in the shuffle following the Authentic Beverage v. TABC ruling is a telling statement from Senator John Carona, Chairman of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee, which hears...
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