---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class 4 municipalities organized under Ch 44B, CA 1975, mayor-council gov't, provisions for approval by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of licenses revised, Act 98-342, 1998 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 28-1-7 repealed"
description: "Class 4 municipalities organized under Ch 44B, CA 1975, mayor-council gov't, provisions for approval by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of licenses revised, Act 98-342, 1998 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 28-1-7 repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Alabama HB 478 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Class 4 Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCampbell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/822b3eb1-3286-4c13-b6ba-e009d21259f3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB478"
source_hash: "1a390ea1bf5bf0d60641f4ad5229e79889f218aa17a36aff9695fa2c9269fbda"
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 478 (2020rs) — Class 4 municipalities organized under Ch 44B, CA 1975, mayor-council gov't, provisions for approval by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of licenses revised, Act 98-342, 1998 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 28-1-7 repealed

## 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/HB478-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB478-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 422 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCampbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Tuscaloosa County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 422 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-152. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:43 p.m. on May 9, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/822b3eb1-3286-4c13-b6ba-e009d21259f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).