AL HR955

Designates House Bill 266, the Home Brew Legalization Act, as the recipient of the 2011 Shroud Award, a humorous Alabama House tradition recognizing the deadest bill of the legislative session.

HB 266 would have allowed production of home brewed beer, mead, cider, and wine, creating conflict between supporters of personal liberty and those with religious objections to alcohol.

The bill failed with a final vote of 28 yeas, 45 nays, and 10 abstentions, despite having 22 co-sponsors, with 6 co-sponsors abstaining and 6 voting against their own bill.

Representative Mac McCutcheon is identified as the sponsor and is called upon to receive the symbolic shroud as recognition of the award.

The resolution acknowledges that nine current House members have previously won the Shroud Award, plus 24 other former recipients.