---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages, 18 to 20 year olds authorized to serve alcoholic beverages as employees, Secs. 28-1-5, 28-3A-25 am'd."
description: "Alcoholic beverages, 18 to 20 year olds authorized to serve alcoholic beverages as employees, Secs. 28-1-5, 28-3A-25 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Alabama HB 176 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9c2ab0-0d99-4492-a619-6f3b34c5445e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB176"
source_hash: "4a8583e36e47707e135c41690f746e42774255b60e135de8d3a54e4883ddfbcb"
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 176 (2022rs) — Alcoholic beverages, 18 to 20 year olds authorized to serve alcoholic beverages as employees, Secs. 28-1-5, 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB176-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217999-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217999-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB176-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB176-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 758 — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1012 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 759 — **75–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 758 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 759 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1012 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-383. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:46 a.m. on April7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9c2ab0-0d99-4492-a619-6f3b34c5445e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).