---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collectible items, sports memorabilia, art, etc., represented as authentic, recovery of purchase price if not authentic, civil actions, damages"
description: "Collectible items, sports memorabilia, art, etc., represented as authentic, recovery of purchase price if not authentic, civil actions, damages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Alabama HB 244 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumers and Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaver"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db64aa8-0c72-43a5-8f09-548607968423"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB244"
source_hash: "6a6862dc68399cd76bb060fcdd3c2a2be002cc3b3f0cdb032ef0ce1feed18f77"
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 244 (2022rs) — Collectible items, sports memorabilia, art, etc., represented as authentic, recovery of purchase price if not authentic, civil actions, damages

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB244-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB244-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 929 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 389 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 389 `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 929 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-398. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 5, 2022 at 5:14 p.m. on April 5, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8db64aa8-0c72-43a5-8f09-548607968423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).