---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING THE JOINT STUDY COMMISSION ON GROCERY TAXATION."
description: "Groceries, HJR to establish Legislative Commission on Grocery Taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HJR 243"
citation: "Alabama HJR 243 (2023rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Groceries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrice McClammy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1591e4e-24aa-4e1b-827f-7b1113c2f1ed"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2aacf25576c6698f0bef8ad8dd5c7f72afcaf92ee3c10df696a5b5b1d3c71242"
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 HJR 243 (2023rs) — ESTABLISHING THE JOINT STUDY COMMISSION ON GROCERY TAXATION.

Groceries, HJR to establish Legislative Commission on Grocery Taxation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HJR243-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277201.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HJR243-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Patrice McClammy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed by House of Origin `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (RULES) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-400 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1591e4e-24aa-4e1b-827f-7b1113c2f1ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).