---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd."
description: "Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Alabama HB 40 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Slot Machines"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown (C)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f89e200d-31ab-4cec-a2aa-7487e38013e5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB40"
source_hash: "1a8ea93289f5aedc817779ee6b430ed0fc75a044260cb81420087e54722b8411"
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 40 (2022rs) — Gambling device, crime of possession of a gambling device, slot machine manufactured before 1960 exempt from under certain limited circumstances, Sec. 13A-12-27 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB40-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217298-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217298-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB40-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 62 — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 61 — **27–45** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 560 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown (C) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ingram Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 61 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 62 `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Tourism as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 560 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-189. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:24 p.m. on March 15, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f89e200d-31ab-4cec-a2aa-7487e38013e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).