Vestavia Hills; entertainment districts, city council authorized to establish

Plain English Breakdown

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HB144: Vestavia Hills Entertainment Districts

This law allows the City Council of Vestavia Hills to create up to five areas where people can drink alcohol bought at a bar or restaurant while walking around.

What This Bill Does

• Authorizes the Vestavia Hills City Council to establish entertainment districts by ordinance.
• Sets a limit of no more than five total entertainment districts within the city.
• Allows purchasers to consume alcoholic beverages anywhere inside these designated areas if bought from businesses with on-premises licenses.

Who It Names or Affects

• The City Council of Vestavia Hills
• People who purchase alcohol from licensed businesses in the city

Terms To Know

Entertainment Districts

Specific areas within a city where people can drink alcohol purchased at bars or restaurants while walking around.

On-premises License

A permit that allows a business to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the property; under this law, 'on-premises' includes anywhere within an established district.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state when or if any districts will actually be created.
• The text does not specify rules about hours of operation or types of alcohol allowed beyond purchase from licensed businesses.

Official Summary Text

Vestavia Hills; entertainment districts, city council authorized to establish

Current Bill Text

HB144 ENROLLED
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HB144
QNXGJ15-2
By Representative Carns (N & P)
RFD: Jefferson County Legislation
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 09-Jan-26
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PFD: 09-Jan-26
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Jefferson County; to authorize the city
council to establish additional entertainment districts in
Vestavia Hills.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City Council of Vestavia Hills, by ordinance, may
establish up to five total entertainment districts within the
city permitting consumption of alcoholic beverages purchased
from on-premises alcoholic beverage licenses to be consumed by
purchasers anywhere within the entertainment districts. The
term on-premises as applied to consumption of alcoholic
beverages in each entertainment district shall include
anywhere within the district.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately.
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Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately.
________________________________________________
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 22-Jan-26.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 10-Feb-26 Passed
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