---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales, wet counties and wet municipalities, authorized to permit and regulate by ordinance or subject to referendum, Sec. 28-3A-25 am'd."
description: "Alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales, wet counties and wet municipalities, authorized to permit and regulate by ordinance or subject to referendum, Sec. 28-3A-25 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Alabama HB 168 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ingram"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b8fa73-3774-4f07-987a-c959bc5caf51"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB168"
source_hash: "1c266eec5063df32a7a5ec17e02b876c4a05e55e98e3f9c438b70a3d7aeb8182"
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 HB 168 (2019rs) — Alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales, wet counties and wet municipalities, authorized to permit and regulate by ordinance or subject to referendum, Sec. 28-3A-25 am'd.

## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB168-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198751-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198751-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB168-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB168-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 104 — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 421 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 105 — **63–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ingram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 104 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 105 `passage`
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 421 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-100. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:10 p.m. on April 30, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58b8fa73-3774-4f07-987a-c959bc5caf51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).