---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax increment districts, Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone allowed to be located within a tax increment district without regard to size of district and further provides for use of ad valorem tax revenues collected within a district"
description: "Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "Alabama HB 626 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f316a176-de5e-42ef-b447-f6d07d2d4bef"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0ebf5cf18c19c0c581e4563970255fc97812e0c49834e800fbcff384c3dc6d09"
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 626 (2026rs) — Tax increment districts, Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone allowed to be located within a tax increment district without regard to size of district and further provides for use of ad valorem tax revenues collected within a district

Economic Development

## 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/HB626-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB626-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1078** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/G35JLCC-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1079** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/EJ3N82C-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB626-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Whitt — 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** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1176 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Tourism)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Tourism)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Tourism `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 1080 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1079
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pringle 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1078
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Economic Development and Tourism Engrossed Substitute Offered (Economic Development and Tourism) `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 (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Economic Development and Tourism)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Economic Development and Tourism `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/f316a176-de5e-42ef-b447-f6d07d2d4bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).