---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bridgeport, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales"
description: "Bridgeport, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Alabama SB 244 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bridgeport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e44c59-8da2-40f9-a61e-b0d5e7fe4294"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB244"
source_hash: "5223c65e08a2d8b297cc806c26bf7e9a198e2696bace1c7ac44750d4e65f89d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 244 (2018rs) — Bridgeport, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB244-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB244-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 469 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 469 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 538 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-223 on 03/14/2018. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e44c59-8da2-40f9-a61e-b0d5e7fe4294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).