---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties, agriculture authorities, authorized to establish and promote agriculture businesses, economic development, and other purposes, power further specified to develop commercial facilities and use revenue for authority's mission"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Alabama SB 275 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Melson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f0afcb4-d660-4ecf-819e-cd270cafd08f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6a41bd3577fc59df8aff6c5640eee3d00a316e167f14a44ee7a159486077defa"
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 275 (2024rs) — Counties, agriculture authorities, authorized to establish and promote agriculture businesses, economic development, and other purposes, power further specified to develop commercial facilities and use revenue for authority's mission

Counties & Municipalities

## 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/SB275-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1539729.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 41MA3RR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/41MA3RR-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB275-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB275-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 407 on SB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 854 on SB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 409 on SB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 408 on SB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 853 on SB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tim Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+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 - Adopted Roll Call 854 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 409 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 408
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T16:40:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-236 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f0afcb4-d660-4ecf-819e-cd270cafd08f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).