---
type: "Bill"
title: "First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel death benefits, COVID-19 death benefit provided, Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-2, 36-30-3, 36-30-4, 36-30-5, 36-30-7 am'd."
description: "First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel death benefits, COVID-19 death benefit provided, Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-2, 36-30-3, 36-30-4, 36-30-5, 36-30-7 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "Alabama HB 488 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a63148c6-939e-487b-901e-1d01c2aba120"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB488"
source_hash: "886e7c33bb9fae2637e661494a2a841874f98b5a8b46d9dcbc13de2f519fdc9e"
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 488 (2022rs) — First responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel death benefits, COVID-19 death benefit provided, Secs. 36-30-1, 36-30-2, 36-30-3, 36-30-4, 36-30-5, 36-30-7 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/HB488-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218987-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218987-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219419-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219419-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB488-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB488-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 765 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1081 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 764 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 766 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 764 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 765 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 766 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `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 1081 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-437. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:36 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/a63148c6-939e-487b-901e-1d01c2aba120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).