---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to municipalities; to add a new Article 3, commencing with Section 11-54B-80 to Title 11, Chapter 54B, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that Class 3 municipalities may establish self-help business improvement districts."
description: "Economic Development and Tourism, provide Business Improvement Districts for Class 3 Municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Alabama SB 166 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development and Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-24T19:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6993834e-6b91-489b-9114-f43591da7fd3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d84e24637122a7e40dac8e127a22ef051903c702c0b81d4c23c20c9db00b6381"
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 166 (2023rs) — Relating to municipalities; to add a new Article 3, commencing with Section 11-54B-80 to Title 11, Chapter 54B, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that Class 3 municipalities may establish self-help business improvement districts.

Economic Development and Tourism, provide Business Improvement Districts for Class 3 Municipalities.

## 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/SB166-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1268531.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment QRJT14-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/QRJT14-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB166-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB166-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 433 on SB166 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 434 on SB166 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 712 on SB166 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sam Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Economic Development and Tourism) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted To Committee (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24T19:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-253 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6993834e-6b91-489b-9114-f43591da7fd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).