---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Tallapoosa County; to establish the Lake Martin-Tallapoosa County Tourism and Visitors Bureau; to provide for the board of directors of the bureau; and to authorize the board to receive and expend funds for the promotion of tourism."
description: "Tallapoosa County, to establish the Lake Martin-Tallapoosa County Tourism and Visitors Bureau"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 494"
citation: "Alabama HB 494 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tallapoosa County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Oliver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-12T16:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb94f2f-a197-4c4d-92e5-51310a31d7f4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "e15f13e9f8a5dfbf638ded618526537731a322ee41304c1178d1f3260eb7eb84"
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 494 (2023rs) — Relating to Tallapoosa County; to establish the Lake Martin-Tallapoosa County Tourism and Visitors Bureau; to provide for the board of directors of the bureau; and to authorize the board to receive and expend funds for the promotion of tourism.

Tallapoosa County, to establish the Lake Martin-Tallapoosa County Tourism and Visitors Bureau

## 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/HB494-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1282922.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB494-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1184 on HB494 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 858 on HB494 (2023 Regular Session) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Oliver — 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 (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `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 `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-447 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb94f2f-a197-4c4d-92e5-51310a31d7f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).