---
type: "Bill"
title: "Huntsville, ad valorem taxes, for public schools modified to apply citywide in Madison, Limestone, and Morgan Counties at same rate, referendum"
description: "Huntsville, ad valorem taxes, for public schools modified to apply citywide in Madison, Limestone, and Morgan Counties at same rate, referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 572"
citation: "Alabama HB 572 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Huntsville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28f4eb61-4fdf-482d-9ddc-536b696ac180"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB572"
source_hash: "526909059dfe0077674f78c00a42b502b0058ca34ef3a54eb7759ea447588243"
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 HB 572 (2019rs) — Huntsville, ad valorem taxes, for public schools modified to apply citywide in Madison, Limestone, and Morgan Counties at same rate, referendum

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB572-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB572-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 909 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 608 — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 608 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Local Legislation as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 909 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-264. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:25 p.m. on May 21, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28f4eb61-4fdf-482d-9ddc-536b696ac180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).