---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama Tax Tribunal, judge compensation revised, period of time to file an appeal to tribunal increased"
description: "Taxation & Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Alabama HB 505 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation & Revenue"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd3ae28-3be7-4817-b8ed-240c36c19cdc"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d43130d0f333cd03588a0a5c660532c3dd31dbf0979da0854ff0fa1f52e8ee3d"
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 505 (2025rs) — Alabama Tax Tribunal, judge compensation revised, period of time to file an appeal to tribunal increased

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/2025RS/HB505-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB505-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1013 `passage`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 846 `passage`
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Government)
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fd3ae28-3be7-4817-b8ed-240c36c19cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).