---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Assessor or Revenue Commissioner, homestead exemptions, electronic verification at the discretion of tax assessing official, Sec. 40-9-21.1 am'd."
description: "Tax Assessor or Revenue Commissioner, homestead exemptions, electronic verification at the discretion of tax assessing official, Sec. 40-9-21.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "Alabama HB 344 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84521cdd-34f5-4e03-afa9-d476c3d3058e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB344"
source_hash: "d676ea9620f2bb7241de264f076a05546730a2056fe0d06ba68d95bc9fb293e5"
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 344 (2021rs) — Tax Assessor or Revenue Commissioner, homestead exemptions, electronic verification at the discretion of tax assessing official, Sec. 40-9-21.1 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB344-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 213674-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213674-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB344-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1065 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1231 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Price motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1230 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 318 — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 318 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Price Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Price motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1230 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1231 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1065 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-422. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on May 4, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84521cdd-34f5-4e03-afa9-d476c3d3058e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).