Relating to alcoholic beverage licenses; to amend Section 28-3A-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for criminal background checks of license applicants.
Summary
ABC license applicants, criminal background check process revised
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced May 2, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2023 · House May 18, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 34
May 25, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government)
upper
May 18, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government)
upper
May 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
lower
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Allen Treadaway
RRepublican
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