---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chilton County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment"
description: "Chilton County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "Alabama HB 488 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Chilton County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith (I)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5675fb-544c-4c9d-8f03-54239d536b87"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "51397970220cafe06b111bbe977dc0ce3716210d00e72fff375e8e3bd7721c3d"
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 488 (2026rs) — Chilton County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment

Chilton County

## 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/HB488-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB488-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Smith (I) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Sent to Secretary of State
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss Local Certification Resolution - Adopted Roll Call 807
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 806 `passage`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** LocalCertificationResolutionAdopted
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 592 `passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `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/0d5675fb-544c-4c9d-8f03-54239d536b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).