---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gunterville, ad valorem tax, authorized to levy add'l for public schools, referendum"
description: "Gunterville, ad valorem tax, authorized to levy add'l for public schools, referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Alabama HB 389 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ad Valorem Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ab5dff-6f99-4813-b7bd-735a10b1543c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB389"
source_hash: "81bd2820ea10eb67ab07de3ed7a7cd8b6ea744b1e38b088f2809e9e7421d5175"
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 389 (2020rs) — Gunterville, ad valorem tax, authorized to levy add'l for public schools, 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB389-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB389-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 298 — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 612 — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 298 `passage`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 612 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-183. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Executive Department 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/54ab5dff-6f99-4813-b7bd-735a10b1543c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).