---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages, small beer manufacturers, financial interest in brewpub authorized, transfer of alcoholic beverages to brewppub required to go through wholesaler, Sec. 28-4A-3 am'd."
description: "Alcoholic beverages, small beer manufacturers, financial interest in brewpub authorized, transfer of alcoholic beverages to brewppub required to go through wholesaler, Sec. 28-4A-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "Alabama SB 404 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5befde4f-35f1-4c3d-8a95-e5413af0569f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB404"
source_hash: "ef895ace594f948ecf08c44294023e8e8da810e95eca5194fe22b30d38b149b6"
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 404 (2019rs) — Alcoholic beverages, small beer manufacturers, financial interest in brewpub authorized, transfer of alcoholic beverages to brewppub required to go through wholesaler, Sec. 28-4A-3 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/SB404-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201383-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201383-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201605-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201605-3.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 202069-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202069-2.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB404-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB404-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1117 — **77–4** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 885 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1267 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 886 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Nordgren motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1116 — **63–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1115 — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 885 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 886 `passage`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1115 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Isbell Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Nordgren motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1116 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1117 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1267 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-400. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5befde4f-35f1-4c3d-8a95-e5413af0569f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).