---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax, exemption of up to $6,000 of taxable retirement income for individuals 65 years of age or older, Sec. 40-18-19 am'd."
description: "Income tax, exemption of up to $6,000 of taxable retirement income for individuals 65 years of age or older, Sec. 40-18-19 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Alabama HB 162 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b032e9-3dd8-43ac-863e-58650b034b34"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB162"
source_hash: "07700d5145e41a975e35f1eed697316509268f1743fbfcb29e6842f32e34f42f"
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 162 (2022rs) — Income tax, exemption of up to $6,000 of taxable retirement income for individuals 65 years of age or older, Sec. 40-18-19 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB162-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217551-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217551-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219337-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219337-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB162-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB162-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Greer motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 952 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 967 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 968 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 510 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 509 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means Education first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 509 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 510 `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 967 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 968 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Greer motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 952 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-294. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:46 a.m. on April 7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75b032e9-3dd8-43ac-863e-58650b034b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).