---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development Districts, certain districts meeting certain criteria in unincorp. area of county, rate of taxation on sale of alcoholic beverages specified, Sec. 35-8B-1 am'd."
description: "Community Development Districts, certain districts meeting certain criteria in unincorp. area of county, rate of taxation on sale of alcoholic beverages specified, Sec. 35-8B-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "Alabama SB 179 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community Development Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8eac5e4-8538-4b02-9dd4-e66879fdfe02"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB179"
source_hash: "ed26e609a62620718940a63517b826e3610a631e82c6ccc634c0f46a7f4e8b91"
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 SB 179 (2022rs) — Community Development Districts, certain districts meeting certain criteria in unincorp. area of county, rate of taxation on sale of alcoholic beverages specified, Sec. 35-8B-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/SB179-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB179-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 548 — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 210 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 210 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Economic Development and Tourism `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 548 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sorrell intended to vote "Nay"
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-153. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8eac5e4-8538-4b02-9dd4-e66879fdfe02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).