basically drinking on the job, so I would appreciate your support for the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Further discussion, further debate? Representative Baskerville, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Plugging in my laptop, Mr. Speaker. I’m sorry. [SPEAKER CHANGES] A noble purpose. Further discussion, further debate? If not, the question before the House is the passage of the House Committee Substitute to House Bill 532 on its second reading. All in favor vote aye. All opposed vote no. The Clerk will open the vote. All members wishing to record, please do so at this time. The Clerk will lock the machine and record the vote. 112 having voted in the affirmative, none in the negative, the House Committee Substitute to House Bill 532 has passed its second reading and without objection will be read a third time. [SPEAKER CHANGES] General Assembly of North Carolina enacts. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Representative Harrison, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Mr. Speaker, I had a malfunction and wish to be recorded as an aye on that. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The lady will be recorded as having voted aye. Ladies and gentlemen, I would encourage you to pay special attention as Representative Harrison did. The Chair will not be reminding people voting for the rest of the evening. Please check the board if you wish to be recorded. Further discussion, further debate? If not, the question before the House is the passage of the House Committee Substitute to House Bill 532 on its third reading. All in favor say aye. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Aye. [SPEAKER CHANGES] All opposed say no. The ayes have it. The House Committee Substitute to House Bill 532 has passed its third reading and will be sent to the Senate. House Bill 610. The Clerk will read. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Committee Substitute for House Bill 610, a bill to be entitled ‘An Act to Reduce the Seating Capacity Requirement and Eliminate the Population Requirement for In-Stand Sales of Malt Beverages and to Direct the ABC Commission to Adopt Rules for the Suspension of the Sale of Alcohol Beverages During Professional Sporting Events’. General Assembly of North Carolina enacts. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Representative Hardister, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The House will come to order. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Current law provides that only athletic stadiums with a seating capacity of 60 thousand or above can allow in-stand beer sales, which means only the Carolina Panthers can do it. This bill would allow the state’s other professional sports teams to offer their fans the same service. This is an issue of consumer convenience. It allows fans to stay with their family and friends instead of having to wait in line at a concession stand. This is also an issue of allowing more control for the private sector. Under this bill, vendors would not be allowed to verbally shout the sale of beer. Stadium vendors would also be responsible for training their employees to properly serve alcohol. This bill would also direct the ABC Commission to adopt rules on suspending alcohol sales in the latter portion of athletic events. This is not a requirement; stadiums could decide whether or not they want to participate. And with that I commend the bill and would appreciate your support. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Representative Duane Hall, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Mr. Speaker, to ask that I be recorded as voting yes on House Bill 330 and to support this wonderful bill so that I don’t have to stand in line at the Durham Bulls game. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman will be recorded as voting yes on House Bill 330. Representative Brandon, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Speak on the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] I just wanted to basically say I support the bill and my good friend Jon Hardister from Guilford County. Thank you. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Representative Jackson, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] To speak on the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ya’ll are going to probably hear me talk a lot more than you want to hear about alcohol a little later in the calendar, so I’ll just say this. There’s a reason why law enforcement when they pull you over to the side of the road on a probable cause or believing you might be driving while under the influence, there’s a reason why they ask you to get out of the car. Requiring people to walk to the beer stand is just one more step we take to make sure they have not drank too much that day and they’re not going to be leaving there drinking and driving. It gives the people who are selling the alcohol the chance to observe them and make sure it’s not time to cut them off. I’d ask you to vote against this bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Representative Glazier, please state your purpose. [SPEAKER CHANGES] To speak on the bill please. [SPEAKER CHANGES] The gentleman is recognized to debate the bill. [SPEAKER CHANGES] Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I debated whether to talk on this bill, but I’ve decided to do that. We are spending a good portion of time this session toughening GWR laws and increasing penalties and decreasing BAC levels and talking about ignition interlocks, and then we have a bill that seeks to greatly expand the number of people likely to drink and drive. Let’s face it: In the smaller venues, just like the larger venue, the vast majority of people who are going to these smaller venues are driving there, and they’re driving with their families and their friends, and we want them to drink because that’s the purpose of the bill, to allow that opportunity, but we know as a matter of empirical data that the vast majority of people who take a beer there are going to be in cars a few hours later.