---
type: "Bill"
title: "Talladega Co., septage, application to land as fertilizer or soil amendment, prohibited, const. amend."
description: "Talladega Co., septage, application to land as fertilizer or soil amendment, prohibited, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Alabama HB 443 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Talladega County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dfd7501-5f97-48c0-843c-34fc594b13e5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB443"
source_hash: "51ca1293cfb487bd0239cb4bfbf0b0c8df4c70285137dd4d0681e5b203a62fb3"
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 443 (2020rs) — Talladega Co., septage, application to land as fertilizer or soil amendment, prohibited, 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/HB443-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB443-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 733 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 549 — **47–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 734 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 548 — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 548 `passage`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 549
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Suspend Rules adopted Voice Vote
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 733 `passage`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 734
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-172. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 3:00 p.m. on May 18, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dfd7501-5f97-48c0-843c-34fc594b13e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).