Homebrew Legalization Progress in Mississippi

[alestateyall]

Committee is the 2nd reading. See this link

We are pretty far along on the flow chart! Exciting.

I may need to cancel my 2pm meeting.

 

[Accidic]

Agreed, best of luck guys. Glad to hear you're not getting a massive amount of stalling or opposition.

 

[Clonefan94]

Good Luck! It would be interesting to talk to the 11 who voted against it and really probe their minds for what their rationale for being against it is. Then again, it probably wouldn't be all that intersting.

Hope this keeps going for you guys.

 

[WillKing]

Lots of Mississippians on here today!

Hattiesburg Ms!!

 

[SynthesisError]

It didn't get voted on today, there were audible groans of disappointment when the committee chair postponed it. I hope that's a good sign.

 

[alestateyall]

That was funny when the crowd moaned. I don't know why the bill was skipped. Several of the other bills considered today also came out of committee today.

Maybe he thought there would be too much discussion on the homebrew bill?

 

[alestateyall]

The Chair of Ways and Means skipped our bill again today. I am not sure why. Legislative priorities I guess.

 

[jakenbacon]

Mississippi had 2 homebrew legalization bills make it out of committee today (1 in senate and 1 in house). This is a first for Mississippi.

Wish us luck! We hope to finally beat Alabama at something.

Fck people telling us what we can do in our backyards. I am not affecting them and they have no experience with such things and yet they are making laws about it..... I will do as I please and give the gov my pretty finger.... Funny how they make bank on taxes for such things, but brew it yourself, now that's just illegal......

 

[msbrewblog]

Good Luck! It would be interesting to talk to the 11 who voted against it and really probe their minds for what their rationale for being against it is. Then again, it probably wouldn't be all that intersting.

Hope this keeps going for you guys.

Some will vote against alcohol bills if they represent dry areas, regardless of how they personally feel about the issue.

 

[SynthesisError]

Any word on how long they're going to keep this bill on the back burner?

 

[CGVT]

I hope for you all they are not going to stall it until it's too late. (In reality that is what happened to the AL bill in the Senate last year.)

 

[alestateyall]

No word. I tweeted the house bill sponsor and asked why the bill keeps getting skipped on the agenda.

He wrote back:

@dbaria: @AleStateYall my understanding is that the Gov. asked him to skip

I don't like the sound of that!

 

[CGVT]

T hat doesn't sound good. What is the Gov's record on alcohol?

 

[alestateyall]

He signed 5 beer bills last year including the bill to increase beer to 10% ABV.

 

[msbrewblog]

I hope for you all they are not going to stall it until it's too late. (In reality that is what happened to the AL bill in the Senate last year.)

We have 2 weeks...all is good.

 

[msbrewblog]

No word. I tweeted the house bill sponsor and asked why the bill keeps getting skipped on the agenda.

He wrote back:

@dbaria: @AleStateYall my understanding is that the Gov. asked him to skip

I don't like the sound of that!

"...for now" Spreading bills out a bit

 

[alestateyall]

"...for now" Spreading bills out a bit

Thanks. Lack of information makes people (especially me) come up with conspiracy theories.

I know the legislature has its own way of doing things and I respect that.

I am one of those people who moved here from a state where home brewing was legal to be surprised by this law. It irks me that I lost a personal freedom when I came here to teach at one of Mississippi's universities.

I want my freedom back.

 

[msbrewblog]

Some bills need to go to the governor at a modest pace. All is good though, we have 2 whole weeks before the next deadline.

Follow RaiseYourPints on the Twitters for updates

 

[alestateyall]

From the Raise Your Pints twitter feed:

"@raiseyourpints: If vote does not happen today, we've been assured it would tomorrow"

 

[SynthesisError]

Fingers crossed! I will be watching in anticipation.

 

[alestateyall]

I guess we will be on for tomorrow. Skipped today.

 

[Homercidal]

Dammit! Let's get this done already! LOL!

Oops I just offended a bunch of voters in Mississippi...

 

[alestateyall]

From Raise Your Pints:

"@RaiseYourPints: Vote skipped today, we're told tomorrow for sure"

 

[alestateyall]

The Mississippi House convenes at 10am today. @RaiseYourPints promises they will take up our bill today.

Watch the action live here:
mms://av.ls.ms.gov/house

 

[CGVT]

Good Luck!

 

[SynthesisError]

Victory!!! Thank you House of Representatives!

I'm ready to brew my first Legal batch in July now.

 

[Accidic]

Congratulations guys. Now if only we had sane legislators.

 

[alestateyall]

The bill passed the house 70-36! On to the governor.

The bill mirrors federal law. Up to 200 gallons per year. Plus we have the right to take beer to contests!

 

[passedpawn]

Congrats!

 

[TideJoe]

I think I'll celebrate by brewing a big IPA this weekend.