---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; to add Section 28-3A-6.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize a licensed manufacturer or importer of alcoholic beverages to donate a limited amount of alcoholic beverages to a licensed nonprofit special event."
description: "Alcoholic beverages, manufacturer or importer licensed by ABC Board authorized to donate limited amount of liquor for nonprofit special events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Alabama SB 117 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.T. 'Jabo' Waggoner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-10T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1222144b-d9c4-412b-8029-47f0674eb8cb"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d215061c6c8bb63e9abc0260f10a579034591d94aa17422988864e891c07166a"
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 117 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; to add Section 28-3A-6.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize a licensed manufacturer or importer of alcoholic beverages to donate a limited amount of alcoholic beverages to a licensed nonprofit special event.

Alcoholic beverages, manufacturer or importer licensed by ABC Board authorized to donate limited amount of liquor for nonprofit special events.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB117-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1256264.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment AAAH77-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/AAAH77-1.pdf)
4. **Economic Development and Tourism Amendment Y1O8N6-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/Y1O8N6-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB117-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 410 on SB117 (2023 Regular Session) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 581 on SB117 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 411 on SB117 (2023 Regular Session) — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 145 on SB117 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.T. 'Jabo' Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Concur
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Economic Development and Tourism) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Economic Development and Tourism) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Tourism) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Tourism) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Tourism) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-136 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1222144b-d9c4-412b-8029-47f0674eb8cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).