---
type: "Bill"
title: "DESIGNATING A PORTION OF INTERSTATE 22 AS THE JAMES D. BROWN HIGHWAY."
description: "James D. Brown Highway, portion of Interstate 22, named"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HJR 142"
citation: "Alabama HJR 142 (2023rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["James D. Brown Highway"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tracy Estes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f18f6fd0-6521-476e-9aa9-5e8e3f48d3d3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "490a90c3b6452732ab6c9af86927a62aeb8b5081b6f5bec812fdcd759b9fea7c"
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 HJR 142 (2023rs) — DESIGNATING A PORTION OF INTERSTATE 22 AS THE JAMES D. BROWN HIGHWAY.

James D. Brown Highway, portion of Interstate 22, named

## 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/HJR142-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271355.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HJR142-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tracy Estes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (RULES) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed by House of Origin `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (RULES) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T17:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-270 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f18f6fd0-6521-476e-9aa9-5e8e3f48d3d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).