---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
description: "Livestock, to provide municipal directives may not be inconsistent, defines inconsistent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Alabama SB 147 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Sessions"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-25T12:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b42f41-9998-414e-a4d9-b0a704afd99f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c8abb190b5f888ae0f2284fc57a63660ffaf29e58c930f47ce3859338376f25e"
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 147 (2023rs) — Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Livestock, to provide municipal directives may not be inconsistent, defines inconsistent

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB147-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1241852.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB147-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 158 on SB147 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 241 on SB147 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Sessions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Agriculture and Forestry) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Agriculture and Forestry) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-42 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54b42f41-9998-414e-a4d9-b0a704afd99f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).