---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms, revise definition of shotgun, Sec. 13A-11-62 am'd."
description: "Firearms, revise definition of shotgun, Sec. 13A-11-62 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 513"
citation: "Alabama HB 513 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stringer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d9a4fb2-996b-4eb9-8247-d228f5207360"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB513"
source_hash: "9869e87eae26cbdbb214b0e08c9e62bd6bef4489c88afa77e43624c3ef1e48b4"
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 513 (2022rs) — Firearms, revise definition of shotgun, Sec. 13A-11-62 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/HB513-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB513-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 839 — **75–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1078 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stringer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+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 839 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `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 1078 `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. 2022-438. `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/8d9a4fb2-996b-4eb9-8247-d228f5207360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).