---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geologic storage, completion certificate and its implications, funds to manage open and closed reservoirs, pore space possession, leasing state land as these relate to carbon dioxide provided."
description: "Conservation & Natural Resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Alabama HB 327 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation & Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Baker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T18:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35d719fd-77a8-46d7-a326-0f83a21e1877"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f91caee73a1ea9dc284b20a9a69857c2048a7dc844b6a854a839edfb62bb1cb1"
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 327 (2024rs) — Geologic storage, completion certificate and its implications, funds to manage open and closed reservoirs, pore space possession, leasing state land as these relate to carbon dioxide provided.

Conservation & Natural Resources

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB327-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542979.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment A3AXQQS-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/A3AXQQS-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment NAW588J-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/NAW588J-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB327-eng.pdf)
6. **State Government Amendment CNF8JQJ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/CNF8JQJ-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB327-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 941 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 456 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–2** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 940 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 455 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–2** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 457 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 458 on HB327 (2024 Regular Session) — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 941 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 458 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 457
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Baker 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 456
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (State Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (State Government)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** State Government 1st Amendment (State Government)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T18:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-325 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35d719fd-77a8-46d7-a326-0f83a21e1877`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).