---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, grain bins exempt from ad valorem taxation, Sec. 40-9-1 am'd."
description: "Taxation, grain bins exempt from ad valorem taxation, Sec. 40-9-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Alabama HB 400 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/407e7701-932a-4c1c-832d-5d429d3c884b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB400"
source_hash: "0411d187e735e5d4517d3c05393c3746da8e36b066cfa211a28e21507f312633"
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 400 (2022rs) — Taxation, grain bins exempt from ad valorem taxation, Sec. 40-9-1 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB400-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219946-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219946-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219968-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219968-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB400-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1038 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 567 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1039 — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **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 567 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Blackshear intende to vote "Yea"
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1038 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Melson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1039 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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. 2022-295. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 7, 2022 at 10:45 a.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/407e7701-932a-4c1c-832d-5d429d3c884b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).