---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small farm wineries, production of less than 50,000 gallons and meeting certain other criteria, authorized to sell to consumers or distribute to retailers"
description: "Small farm wineries, production of less than 50,000 gallons and meeting certain other criteria, authorized to sell to consumers or distribute to retailers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Alabama SB 294 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602fd84d-7253-4624-b597-3193fa65e780"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB294"
source_hash: "ea12a4a8e109010a409b7436c43802924726a56f4e795ae2d59100a0cfd031b4"
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 294 (2021rs) — Small farm wineries, production of less than 50,000 gallons and meeting certain other criteria, authorized to sell to consumers or distribute to retailers

## 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/SB294-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211249-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211249-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211249-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211249-3.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213850-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213850-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB294-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB294-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 785 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 786 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1077 — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1299 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1075 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1076 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Jones first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 785 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 786 `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1299 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1075 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Collins Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1076 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1077 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Meadows intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-440. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602fd84d-7253-4624-b597-3193fa65e780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).