---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting, feral swine and coyote hunting at night permitted with an appropriate license under certain circumstances, Sec. 9-11-235 am'd."
description: "Hunting, feral swine and coyote hunting at night permitted with an appropriate license under certain circumstances, Sec. 9-11-235 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Alabama SB 264 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hunters and Hunting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3fa8037-19e8-400b-bf62-ecd68523ce96"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB264"
source_hash: "3fc969f52540e2e7bb69c4f03cfc2765216b93d7a8c8f90cf1fa5baeb4f6435a"
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 264 (2021rs) — Hunting, feral swine and coyote hunting at night permitted with an appropriate license under certain circumstances, Sec. 9-11-235 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB264-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212642-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212642-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB264-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB264-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 714 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 715 — **0–31** (fail) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 716 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 825 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Williams Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 714 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate lost Roll Call 715
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 716 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 825 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-277. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3fa8037-19e8-400b-bf62-ecd68523ce96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).