---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage importers; to recognize that an importer licensee may import alcoholic beverages from any jurisdiction outside of the State of Alabama"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Alabama SB 287 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hatcher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff180904-38f8-4c93-993b-39128396fe90"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8266aa0b52dd99eb7d8c4106d7ef6f1e93646c2bd1e79ccf6d04e12670394575"
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 287 (2026rs) — Alcoholic beverage importers; to recognize that an importer licensee may import alcoholic beverages from any jurisdiction outside of the State of Alabama

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/SB287-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB287-eng.pdf)
3. **Hatcher motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 936** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/V7E96PL-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1310** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SLUFZ85-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB287-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1264
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1311 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1310
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism Engrossed Substitute Offered (Economic Development and Tourism) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 937 `passage`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 936
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Tourism)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Tourism)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on 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/ff180904-38f8-4c93-993b-39128396fe90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).