---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cullman Co., Joppa Historical Board, civil immunity for bd. members, transfer of property under certain conditions, referendum, Sec. 45-22-223 am'd."
description: "Cullman Co., Joppa Historical Board, civil immunity for bd. members, transfer of property under certain conditions, referendum, Sec. 45-22-223 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Alabama HB 497 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cullman County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shedd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb953b6a-9cf8-4cbf-89d5-65c73ea7a8fb"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB497"
source_hash: "8212dd3e3a30a607b3f7c43a891fe4b3fb20467cd8386d518fe318ed361f5241"
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 497 (2020rs) — Cullman Co., Joppa Historical Board, civil immunity for bd. members, transfer of property under certain conditions, referendum, Sec. 45-22-223 am'd.

## 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/HB497-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 207083-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207083-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB497-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB497-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 638 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 488 — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 487 — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shedd — 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 Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Local Legislation Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 487 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 488 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **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 638 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-145. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:11 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/eb953b6a-9cf8-4cbf-89d5-65c73ea7a8fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).