---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tax officials; to establish the Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee to provide input and recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, and to provide for its membership and duties."
description: "Administrative Procedure Act; to amend definition of \"rule\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "Alabama HB 399 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Sells"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b7f6ef-65a0-4433-962d-1bb94142bc3d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f529f40f7eec92d7438c145cddb5c7f77ccd3d18a8746419c8c826426eba895c"
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 399 (2023rs) — Relating to tax officials; to establish the Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee to provide input and recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue, and to provide for its membership and duties.

Administrative Procedure Act; to amend definition of "rule".

## 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/HB399-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286176.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6O2E3Z-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/6O2E3Z-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB399-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB399-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1227 on HB399 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 893 on HB399 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 892 on HB399 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Sells — 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 (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred To Committee (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** No Recommendation (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over (State Government)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-505 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b7f6ef-65a0-4433-962d-1bb94142bc3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).