HB667 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ken Johnson
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Alcoholic beverages, municipal option elections, minimum of 1,440 day period between such elections, Sec. 28-2A-1 am'd.
Summary: HB667 would require at least 1,440 days between municipal option elections to change a Alabama municipality's wet/dry status, up from 720 days.
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Section 28-2A-1 to raise the minimum interval between municipal option elections to 1,440 days. It applies to municipalities with 1,000 or more people when they seek to switch between dry and wet through a municipal option election, following the existing petition process, ballot language, notice requirements, and funding rules. It also clarifies how the wet/dry status interacts with county elections, including that residents inside a newly wet municipality cannot vote in subsequent county wet/dry elections, which are decided by residents outside the municipal limits.

Who It Affects
Municipalities with a population of 1,000 or more that want to change their wet/dry status; they must wait at least 1,440 days between such elections.
Voters within those municipalities, who will have longer gaps between opportunities to vote on wet/dry changes in their town or city.
Residents of counties containing those municipalities; county-level wet/dry decisions are determined separately, and residents inside a newly wet municipality may lose the right to vote in certain county elections.
The municipality's general fund, which must pay the costs of the municipal option election.

Key Provisions
Minimum interval between municipal option elections increased from at least 720 days to at least 1,440 days.
Applies to municipalities with 1,000+ population seeking to change dry/wet status via a municipal option election, using the existing petition process and ballot procedures including a petition by 30% of voters and standard notice requirements.
If a municipality becomes wet via a municipal option election, its residents may be barred from voting in subsequent county elections or referendums on county wet/dry status, with such decisions made by voters outside the municipality; costs of the municipal option election are paid from the municipality's general fund.

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Subjects: Alcoholic Beverages