---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing"
description: "Taxation & Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Alabama SB 73 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation & Revenue"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack W. Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b47dfb8-2ab5-46cd-805b-04a6e10a3d9e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b7c486ecbbc247f36e861d8686d34da0330b794773d998be19407ebcd9337885"
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 SB 73 (2024rs) — Taxation, exemption for agricultural fencing

Taxation & Revenue

## 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/SB73-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1538383.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment CUCTQQW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/CUCTQQW-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment SNJK775-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SNJK775-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB73-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB73-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 239 on SB73 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 739 on SB73 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 738 on SB73 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 238 on SB73 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 739 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means Education)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 239
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation Education) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Amendment Adopted (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-169 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b47dfb8-2ab5-46cd-805b-04a6e10a3d9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).