---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lexington, alcoholic beverages, sale of draft beer authorized, establishments selling required to provide equipment necessary to dispense, referendum"
description: "Lexington, alcoholic beverages, sale of draft beer authorized, establishments selling required to provide equipment necessary to dispense, referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Alabama HB 493 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lauderdale County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ac89f2-df3f-49b0-ba87-e7b5e4e7dd56"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB493"
source_hash: "5f903afd57361f58420b3e4f7bcb56e5ee5b7a6f488e361f232216d3339b0b6f"
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 493 (2019rs) — Lexington, alcoholic beverages, sale of draft beer authorized, establishments selling required to provide equipment necessary to dispense, referendum

## 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/HB493-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB493-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 417 — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 747 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+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 417 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 747 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-250. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ac89f2-df3f-49b0-ba87-e7b5e4e7dd56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).