republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-422.md

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Bill	Relating to the waters of the state impounded by Lewis Smith Dam (Lewis Smith Lake), to the waters of the state impounded by R.L. Harris Dam (Lake Wedowee), and on Shoals Creek in Lauderdale County north of Highway 72; to regulate and prohibit wakeboarding and wakesurfing under certain conditions; to provide penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Lewis Smith Lake, wakeboarding and wakesurfing regulated and prohibited under certain conditions, penalties.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	HB 422	Alabama HB 422 (2023rs)	bill	Lewis Smith Lake	enacted	Tim Wadsworth	6	20	5	2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-12T18:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1e2ba7a4-8ce2-4385-87b1-3904d641c3fc	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	0c24ac3072b3de236c85668208d78340c0037571d60bad5feca05ce62c34920c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 422 (2023rs) — Relating to the waters of the state impounded by Lewis Smith Dam (Lewis Smith Lake), to the waters of the state impounded by R.L. Harris Dam (Lake Wedowee), and on Shoals Creek in Lauderdale County north of Highway 72; to regulate and prohibit wakeboarding and wakesurfing under certain conditions; to provide penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Lewis Smith Lake, wakeboarding and wakesurfing regulated and prohibited under certain conditions, penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-459 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment CE75QQ-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment YEKY62-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 778 on HB422 (2023 Regular Session) — 69–7 (fail) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 777 on HB422 (2023 Regular Session) — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 1132 on HB422 (2023 Regular Session) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 1211 on HB422 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 1210 on HB422 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tim Wadsworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably committee-passage
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) committee-passage
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) referral-committee
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security) committee-passage
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Public Safety and Homeland Security) introduction, referral
• 2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-12T18:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-459 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e2ba7a4-8ce2-4385-87b1-3904d641c3fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).