---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to port credits; to amend Sections 40-18-401 and 40-18-403, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the cap of the port credit and to expand tax incentives for businesses and enterprises who increase their cargo volume through Alabama public ports."
description: "Port Incentives, expanded"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Alabama HB 293 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Port Incentives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Brown"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e3b6a2-5ff6-471d-b5e0-7757db5107d3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "80d42d17161a99a64de5544182e2fdb0663f54ca1d535411de1ae76474264f78"
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 293 (2023rs) — Relating to port credits; to amend Sections 40-18-401 and 40-18-403, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the cap of the port credit and to expand tax incentives for businesses and enterprises who increase their cargo volume through Alabama public ports.

Port Incentives, expanded

## 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/HB293-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1280258.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5EWT33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5EWT33-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 6OBM33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/6OBM33-1.pdf)
5. **Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Amendment 5UYW36-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5UYW36-1.pdf)
6. **Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Amendment NFGF88-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/NFGF88-1.pdf)
7. **Ways and Means Education Amendment QIQS44-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/QIQS44-1.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB293-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 731 on HB293 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 730 on HB293 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 732 on HB293 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1212 on HB293 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chip Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **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
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means Education)
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means Education)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit)
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08T14:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-419 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e3b6a2-5ff6-471d-b5e0-7757db5107d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).