---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Products, manufacture and distribution of meat from cultured animal cells prohibited"
description: "Consumer Protection; Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Alabama SB 23 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack W. Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9af8326-f95c-4370-bc66-60da9bc5536c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "eea9a4854dced00c591fa30f9e2495d37a7d3c3f81daf3974e9ee2b1fc48a9a4"
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 23 (2024rs) — Food Products, manufacture and distribution of meat from cultured animal cells prohibited

Consumer Protection; Health

## 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/SB23-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1540727.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 3USCVVV-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/3USCVVV-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 8XSXHFH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/8XSXHFH-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB23-eng.pdf)
6. **Health Amendment JGHKNNY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/JGHKNNY-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB23-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 836 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **95–6** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 46 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 838 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 837 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 47 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 48 on SB23 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 838 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 837
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Health Engrossed Substitute Offered (Health) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Engrossed Substitute Adopted (Health)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Amendment Adopted (Health)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 48 `passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Williams motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 47
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** AC&F Substitute Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-252 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9af8326-f95c-4370-bc66-60da9bc5536c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).