---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class 1 municipality (B'ham), alcoholic beverages, food trucks, license to sell for public consumption authorized, Sec. 28-3A-17.1 added."
description: "Class 1 municipality (B'ham), alcoholic beverages, food trucks, license to sell for public consumption authorized, Sec. 28-3A-17.1 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "Alabama HB 234 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67106b57-1a25-448b-a2c6-3d76e610015a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB234"
source_hash: "925e4fa1fd8ab674d7a7ee75095965b4687b8f157a92a5952b9fbbd895191c9f"
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 234 (2022rs) — Class 1 municipality (B'ham), alcoholic beverages, food trucks, license to sell for public consumption authorized, Sec. 28-3A-17.1 added.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB234-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217340-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217340-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219289-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219289-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB234-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB234-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Rafferty motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 951 — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 952 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 211 — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 953 — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 212 — **75–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rafferty Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 211 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 212 `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 952 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 953 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 951 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-432. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:46 a.m. on April 7, 2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Tourism first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67106b57-1a25-448b-a2c6-3d76e610015a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).