---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce, Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act established, procedure for certification of growth funds"
description: "Commerce, Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act established, procedure for certification of growth funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "Alabama HB 473 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e9a3ef-f5a7-4d33-a854-4036006d7e5f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB473"
source_hash: "995a1e4a1696f4816b0c59dd320fd13c8afac423b61bed44c51d0a1723189560"
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 473 (2021rs) — Commerce, Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act established, procedure for certification of growth funds

## 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/HB473-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 213148-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213148-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213729-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213729-5.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213729-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213729-6.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB473-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB473-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1398 — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1399 — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Garrett motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1175 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 899 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 900 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1374 — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from W&ME to W&MGF
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 899 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 900 `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1374 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1398 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1399 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1175 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-492. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:26 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19e9a3ef-f5a7-4d33-a854-4036006d7e5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).