HB5 repeals the law that made it a misdemeanor to buy or sell any domestic animal or fowl between sunset and sunrise.
HB5 repeals Section 3-1-20, removing the nighttime prohibition on selling or buying domestic animals or fowl. That means there would be no criminal penalties for nighttime transactions of these animals, and the old merchant/grocer exemption is no longer relevant. It becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and the governor approves it.
Pending third reading on day 19 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 264
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Source: Alabama Legislature