---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to gross income; to amend Section 40-18-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to exclude hours worked above 40 in any given week from gross income.\u0002"
description: "Regarding income tax; Adjusted Gross Income, exemption for hours worked over 40"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Alabama HB 217 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regarding income tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Daniels"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d09d9542-8ee1-4069-94e7-063fdde98377"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d9fe0de1e703055b5007a2f003c0421a45f86cb13c7747be90108bd0ff7f600b"
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 217 (2023rs) — Relating to gross income; to amend Section 40-18-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to exclude hours worked above 40 in any given week from gross income.

Regarding income tax; Adjusted Gross Income, exemption for hours worked over 40

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB217-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1280257.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 75IO22-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/75IO22-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment ID2962** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB217-ID2962.pdf)
5. **Amendment RHKZMM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/RHKZMM-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment YEMR66-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/YEMR66-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB217-eng.pdf)
8. **Ways and Means Education Amendment HBMU68-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HBMU68-1.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB217-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1233 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 538 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 537 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 539 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1234 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1283 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1133 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1152 on HB217 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony Daniels — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Table
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Add Cosponsor
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means Education)
- **2023-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means Education)
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-421 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d09d9542-8ee1-4069-94e7-063fdde98377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).