---
type: "Bill"
title: "Union Springs, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales authorized, referendum required"
description: "Union Springs, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales authorized, referendum required"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Alabama SB 279 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Union Springs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beasley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b52f68-df0b-409f-b255-f11cded9b6f4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB279"
source_hash: "16a308979022502be8e1f4ece7282096663e889b8574af816fe7923e81c9c520"
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 279 (2018rs) — Union Springs, alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales authorized, referendum required

## 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/SB279-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB279-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 467 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 540 — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+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 467 `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 540 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-191. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40b52f68-df0b-409f-b255-f11cded9b6f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).