---
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: "SB 380"
citation: "Alabama SB 380 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Huntsville"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea68307-9b2b-4474-bf99-30acd25745c1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB380"
source_hash: "1b58bb003ee37092529010281bd60b1fd5832005524363bf65026348214ccdbe"
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 SB 380 (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/SB380-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB380-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1072 — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 761 — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Givhan — 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 Senate committee on Madison County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Rereferred to Committee on Local Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 761 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1072 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-372. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea68307-9b2b-4474-bf99-30acd25745c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).