---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animals, limitations of liability for activities of bovines provided to owners"
description: "Animals; Civil Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Alabama SB 164 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f8e19c-49a4-443e-82bd-80c654b32b10"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "03136ea182e50caee01336dfd06b862baec61784581427228dbc57877416bcf6"
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 164 (2024rs) — Animals, limitations of liability for activities of bovines provided to owners

Animals; Civil Procedure

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB164-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542690.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment NAL5JTT-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/NAL5JTT-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB164-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB164-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1059 on SB164 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1058 on SB164 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 571 on SB164 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 570 on SB164 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 572 on SB164 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randy Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1059 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 572 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Price motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 571
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T17:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-286 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93f8e19c-49a4-443e-82bd-80c654b32b10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).