---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 404"
citation: "Alabama HB 404 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2dfbbb3-28ea-4325-8b55-5696533933a7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8a2e977a8db483b5a5d5f9d0301794400347ba6093c1159a99e5b26f1b8ae68f"
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 404 (2026rs) — Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing

Counties & Municipalities

## 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/2026RS/HB404-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB404-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/QN6PN14-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/BY8PVJQ-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB404-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1163 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1110 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1109
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1108
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal 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/b2dfbbb3-28ea-4325-8b55-5696533933a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).