---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture authorities, estab. by counties, power to sell property, contracts for sewer service, sales and use tax exemption, further provided for, Secs. 11-20-73, 11-20-80, 11-20-81 am'd."
description: "Agriculture authorities, estab. by counties, power to sell property, contracts for sewer service, sales and use tax exemption, further provided for, Secs. 11-20-73, 11-20-80, 11-20-81 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Alabama SB 317 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb34502-a436-4716-be57-6b3a2cce3035"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB317"
source_hash: "b1fb222f402c6ab020fff882bb8db338c011154bcb40ba3c02f5789244af302a"
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 317 (2022rs) — Agriculture authorities, estab. by counties, power to sell property, contracts for sewer service, sales and use tax exemption, further provided for, Secs. 11-20-73, 11-20-80, 11-20-81 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/SB317-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219371-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219371-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219757-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219757-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB317-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB317-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1006 — **94–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1005 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 807 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 819 — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1091 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melson — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 807 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 819 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+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** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1005 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1006 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Kiel intended to vote "Nay"
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1091 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-376. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb34502-a436-4716-be57-6b3a2cce3035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).