---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Macon County; to amend Section 45-44-90 of the Code of Alabama 1975, establishing the Macon County Economic Development Authority, to further provide for the operation of the authority; and to authorize the formation of a successor authority under certain conditions."
description: "Macon County, Economic Development Authority, operation, reincorporation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Alabama SB 286 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Macon County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Beasley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T15:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a66543b-ce9f-4360-b4fa-d44ad9ddebe9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a76a6d94817e1b52c8520f66fa175a3e9b9065701e85a17960526992e8e96be8"
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 286 (2023rs) — Relating to Macon County; to amend Section 45-44-90 of the Code of Alabama 1975, establishing the Macon County Economic Development Authority, to further provide for the operation of the authority; and to authorize the formation of a successor authority under certain conditions.

Macon County, Economic Development Authority, operation, reincorporation

## 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/SB286-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271916.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment JV0OYF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/JV0OYF-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB286-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 937 on SB286 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 719 on SB286 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 794 on SB286 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 795 on SB286 (2023 Regular Session) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William M. Beasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **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 House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation ) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T15:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-319 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a66543b-ce9f-4360-b4fa-d44ad9ddebe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).