---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Alabama HB 593 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1fbf46c-5a99-42ef-b90f-3a0038b8ae20"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "5e1bb1010279f39f7d5610350e36e117252976d695343b795bfa4f1567b96d6f"
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 HB 593 (2026rs) — Small Craft Alcoholic Beverage Producers; licensing of small craft distilleries, small craft wineries, and small craft alcoholic beverage producers authorized

Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco

## 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/2026RS/HB593-int.pdf)
2. **Chesteen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/6Y7M433-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB593-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/FKMP1D5-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB593-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Whitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Whitt Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1259
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1202 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1201
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Tourism)
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Tourism)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1073 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1072
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism Engrossed Substitute Offered (Economic Development and Tourism) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1fbf46c-5a99-42ef-b90f-3a0038b8ae20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).