republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to economic development; to amend Section 40-18-417.4, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session; to amend Section 5 of Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 40-18-472 and 40-18-473, Code of Alabama 1975, to correct a date referenced in the Growing Alabama Act; to clarify the tax rebates under the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act for certain businesses for certified tourism destination projects are only available for projects placed into service after the effective date of this act; to amend Section 41-7-3, Code of Alabama 1975 to include the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee and Ways and Means Education Committee and the ranking minority member of each committee, or their designees, to the Tourism Advisory Board; and to amend Sections 41-10-47.03 and 41-10-47.04, Code of Alabama 1975, from Section 1 of Act 2023-35 of the 2023 Regular Session, to align rural population provisions of the Site Evaluation Economic Development Strategy with the Jobs Act."
description: "Taxation and revenue, Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act amended to clarify intent of program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Alabama HB 445 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation and revenue"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Garrett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ad31cf-029c-4009-9d2a-7500d75291df"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "99fc6308bd5378876b580d6a704b707b2c64b6fd57bdf14f333a2019975b24de"
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 445 (2023rs) — Relating to economic development; to amend Section 40-18-417.4, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session; to amend Section 5 of Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 40-18-472 and 40-18-473, Code of Alabama 1975, to correct a date referenced in the Growing Alabama Act; to clarify the tax rebates under the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act for certain businesses for certified tourism destination projects are only available for projects placed into service after the effective date of this act; to amend Section 41-7-3, Code of Alabama 1975 to include the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee and Ways and Means Education Committee and the ranking minority member of each committee, or their designees, to the Tourism Advisory Board; and to amend Sections 41-10-47.03 and 41-10-47.04, Code of Alabama 1975, from Section 1 of Act 2023-35 of the 2023 Regular Session, to align rural population provisions of the Site Evaluation Economic Development Strategy with the Jobs Act.

Taxation and revenue, Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act amended to clarify intent of program

## 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/HB445-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286164.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment FROV5C-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/FROV5C-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment Z9JCRR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/Z9JCRR-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB445-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1219 on HB445 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1220 on HB445 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1218 on HB445 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1131 on HB445 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1029 on HB445 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **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** Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation Education)
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-512 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ad31cf-029c-4009-9d2a-7500d75291df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).