---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax credits, adoption, expands eligibility and increases amount of tax credit for adoption, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 am'd."
description: "Tax credits, adoption, expands eligibility and increases amount of tax credit for adoption, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Alabama HB 487 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2646e1aa-ee2d-457a-9a1c-efc33ca381a6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB487"
source_hash: "2d4f21ccd1676551d9c7d157278c09da1122354896d135096199f7468d1f252f"
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 487 (2022rs) — Tax credits, adoption, expands eligibility and increases amount of tax credit for adoption, Secs. 40-18-360, 40-18-361 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/HB487-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219774-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219774-3.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB487-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Shaver motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1023 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1075 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Cosponsors Added — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 827 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1076 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 827 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+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** Jones motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1075 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1076 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Shaver motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1023 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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. 2022-299. `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/2646e1aa-ee2d-457a-9a1c-efc33ca381a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).