Another Update on the Utah HomeBrewing law
We’re making some progress!! ~ O.L.M.
From Gary Glass with the AHA:
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January 30, 2009
Dear Utah AHA, BA and Support Your Local Brewery Members,
Thank you to everyone who attended the House Business and Labor Committee hearing or contacted the members of the committee on behalf of House Bill HB51 to legalize homebrewing in the state of Utah. Your efforts directly resulted in the bill being passed out of committee with a unanimous recommendation for passage by the full House.
The bill went to a vote before the full House the next day on Wednesday and passed by a 66 to 7 margin.
HB51 now moves on to the Senate, which unlike the House, did not see this bill in the 2008 session. As of yet, it has not been assigned to a Senate Committee, but that could happen at any time. You can track the bill’s progress at http://le.utah.gov/~2009/status/hbillsta/hb0051.htm.
Given how fast this bill has been moving through the legislature, we need you to ACT NOW to ensure passage by the Senate.
Please call or email your Senator and politely urge him/her to pass HB51. You can find contact information for your Senator at: http://www.le.state.ut.us/Documents/find.htm.
Thank you for your efforts in helping to make homebrewing legal in Utah!
Gary Glass
Director
American Homebrewers Association
gary@brewerassociation.org
888.822.8273 x 121
www.beertown.org
January 30th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
If it means I can come to your house and you can pass me a beer over your counter, I’m in. After reading today’s SL Trib and seeing the preponderance of “insert name” – R, “Insert city” quotes that are aimed at screwing me out of being able to simply enjoy a beer at a restaurant without a second mortage and four forms of ID…well…I’m a bit depressed. So, I go back to the best bars in town are the one’s where our friends live. Especially when there’s a possibility of something like an OLM Obama Amber. Or whatever’s next on the assembly line.