---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters and rescue squad members, income tax credit for training under certain conditions"
description: "Firefighters and rescue squad members, income tax credit for training under certain conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Alabama HB 253 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bedsole"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4615a71-2896-4d34-a408-5fad6736813b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB253"
source_hash: "4261a9c2304b267a77b5ac5173cffd1ab04bd81f3662b144c9d7a6737c57c67a"
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 253 (2022rs) — Firefighters and rescue squad members, income tax credit for training under certain conditions

## 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/HB253-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217486-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217486-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 217840-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217840-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219773-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219773-2.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB253-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB253-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1082 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Bedsole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 353 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 355 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Bedsole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1025 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1083 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 354 — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bedsole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Bedsole motion to Table adopted Roll Call 353 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Bedsole Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 354 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 355 `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1082 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1083 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Bedsole motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1025 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-298. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 11:30 p.m. on April 7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4615a71-2896-4d34-a408-5fad6736813b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).