Maureen Rogers looks at wine Wednesday at Costco.ATLANTA – After languishing for years in the state Senate, a bill that would pave the way for Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia took just minutes to clear a House panel on Tuesday.
The House Regulated Industries Committee voted 15-1 to send the legislation to floor vote.
“It didn’t take us but five years to get here,” the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. John Bulloch, said.
The Ochlocknee Republican called it “a local control and democracy bill.”
No opponents spoke at Tuesday’s hearings but religious groups have argued against the bill, saying it attacks family values by sullying the Sabbath.