---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal business license, rental and leasing services, not required to obtain a business license in each municipality in which its equipment is rented or leased"
description: "Municipal business license, rental and leasing services, not required to obtain a business license in each municipality in which its equipment is rented or leased"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Alabama SB 321 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c2d087-9630-4a60-8410-40b28086bc8b"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB321"
source_hash: "01cadbf233d9c099c4b7a1c5b917e8a3ef5403e17cf9728b1039c3f7d6d8e042"
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 321 (2022rs) — Municipal business license, rental and leasing services, not required to obtain a business license in each municipality in which its equipment is rented or leased

## 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/SB321-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219421-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219421-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB321-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 936 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — 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`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 887 `passage`
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 936 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-372. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3c2d087-9630-4a60-8410-40b28086bc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).