HCS SB 725 -- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

SPONSOR:  Bray (Johnson, 47)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Local Government by a vote of 13 to 0.

This substitute allows culinary students older than eighteen
years of age to taste, but not consume or drink, any beer, ale,
porter, wine, or other similar malt or fermented beverage as part
of the required curriculum.

A student younger than 21 years of age is explicitly prohibited
from receiving any beer, ale, porter, wine, or other similar malt
or fermented beverage unless the beverage is delivered as part of
the student's required curriculum and is used only for
instructional purposes during classes conducted as part of the
curriculum.

Intoxicating and nonintoxicating beer are required to be brewed
from a malt or a malt substitute.  Flavor and other non-beverage
ingredients containing alcohol may be used in producing
intoxicating and nonintoxicating beer but may not contribute to
more than 49% of the overall alcohol content of the finished
beer.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2007, FY 2008, and
FY 2009.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that not allowing culinary students
to taste wine as part of the program puts Missouri's 28 culinary
programs at a disadvantage.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Bray; and Adam Puchta and
Son Wine Company.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Julie Jinkens McNitt, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:46 am