---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation; exempting the gross proceeds of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax"
description: "Animals; Taxation & Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Alabama SB 94 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Carnley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d272b0bf-3fd0-4464-94a3-98bb857993b9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "756d4c5d423b7f0a0b2abd7d9f401862547bcebf8de08584ba6535feea5406eb"
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 94 (2024rs) — Taxation; exempting the gross proceeds of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax

Animals; Taxation & Revenue

## 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/SB94-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1549694.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment J33JFYF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/J33JFYF-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment SX4I575-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SX4I575-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB94-eng.pdf)
6. **Ways and Means Education Amendment 3AIQZEE-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/3AIQZEE-1.pdf)
7. **Ways and Means Education Amendment 9ZFKBPM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/9ZFKBPM-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB94-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 604 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1053 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1149 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 605 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1148 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 606 on SB94 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Josh Carnley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1053
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1150 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1149
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 2nd Amendment (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education 1st Amendment (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 606 `passage`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Carnley motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 605
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+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 (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17T19:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-448 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d272b0bf-3fd0-4464-94a3-98bb857993b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).