---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette Co., ad valorem tax on real property, add'l 3 mills, paid to Fayette Co. Firefighters Association, distrib to the paid and volunteer fire depts, const. amend."
description: "Fayette Co., ad valorem tax on real property, add'l 3 mills, paid to Fayette Co. Firefighters Association, distrib to the paid and volunteer fire depts, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Alabama HB 17 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["South"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb9be5be-b00e-4f71-9532-b1221108f952"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB17"
source_hash: "0c46a170e86feb606fff930b756f91efba4f715cfd2cd4f754632a8f5c66c4f5"
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 17 (2020rs) — Fayette Co., ad valorem tax on real property, add'l 3 mills, paid to Fayette Co. Firefighters Association, distrib to the paid and volunteer fire depts, const. amend.

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB17-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB17-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 552 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 77 — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 78 — **49–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 551 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- South — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 77 `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 78
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 551 `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 552
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-89. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:40 p.m. on May 7, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb9be5be-b00e-4f71-9532-b1221108f952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).