---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Co., alcoholic beverage, dry county, authorized to change to wet county, county authorized to levy add'l taxes, const. amend."
description: "Washington Co., alcoholic beverage, dry county, authorized to change to wet county, county authorized to levy add'l taxes, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Alabama HB 426 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Easterbrook"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a97ad0-43fb-41b5-9b74-6dd278d8ea42"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB426"
source_hash: "51c4950b148443a9a66a331e38c904b891f68bec7aac2243a5d086a5d3f6b055"
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 426 (2022rs) — Washington Co., alcoholic beverage, dry county, authorized to change to wet county, county authorized to levy add'l taxes, const. amend.

## 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/HB426-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB426-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 479 — **46–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1051 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 1052 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 478 — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Easterbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 478 `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 479
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1051 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 1052
- **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. 2022-263. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Secretary of State on April 7, 2022 at 10:59 a.m. on April 7, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7a97ad0-43fb-41b5-9b74-6dd278d8ea42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).