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HB579 • 2026

Taxation; Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, exempt from sales and use taxes

Taxation; Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, exempt from sales and use taxes

Education Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Shaver
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Pending Committee Action in Second House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how much money will be saved or lost due to this exemption.

Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Inc. Tax Exemption

This bill makes Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated exempt from state and local sales and use taxes.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated exempt from paying state sales and use taxes.
  • Authorizes counties and municipalities to also make the preserve exempt from their own sales and use taxes.
  • Specifies that this exemption will start on September 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated
  • Counties and municipalities in Alabama

Terms To Know

sales tax
A tax charged on the sale of goods or services.
use tax
A tax that must be paid by a person who buys items from out-of-state sellers and uses them in their home state, where no sales tax was collected at purchase.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be saved or lost due to this exemption.
  • It is unclear if other similar organizations will receive the same treatment in the future.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

G35IE22-1

R 1175

Adopted

Plain English: G35IE22-1 03/18/2026 MRF (H) HSE 2026-1204 House Ways and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB579 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to sales and use taxes; to exempt Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, from the payment of state sales and use taxes , and to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt companion local exemptions .

  • G35IE22-1 03/18/2026 MRF (H) HSE 2026-1204 House Ways and Means Education Reported Substitute for HB579 Page 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to sales and use taxes; to exempt Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, from the payment of state sales and use taxes , and to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt companion local exemptions .
  • BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1.
  • (a) Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, is exempt from paying any state sales and use taxes.
  • (b) Any county or municipality may exempt the entity from paying any county or municipal sales and use taxes in accordance with Section 40-23-4.01, Code of Alabama 1975.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-02 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1176 (Yeas 101, Nays 0)

  2. 2026-04-02 House

    Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1175 (Yeas 101, Nays 0)

  3. 2026-04-02 House

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 101, Nays 0)

  4. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  5. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education

  6. 2026-04-02 House

    Engrossed

  7. 2026-04-02 House

    Ways and Means Education Engrossed Substitute Offered

  8. 2026-03-19 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  9. 2026-03-18 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  10. 2026-03-05 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  11. 2026-03-05 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education

Official Summary Text

Taxation; Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, exempt from sales and use taxes

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB579 ENGROSSED
Page 0
HB579
G35IE22-2
By Representatives Shaver, Ledbetter
RFD: Ways and Means Education
First Read: 05-Mar-26
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HB579 Engrossed
Page 1
First Read: 05-Mar-26
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to sales and use taxes; to exempt Tigers for
Tomorrow Exotic Animal Preserve, Incorporated, from the
payment of state sales and use taxes, and to authorize
counties and municipalities to adopt companion local
exemptions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) Tigers for Tomorrow Exotic Animal
Preserve, Incorporated, is exempt from paying any state sales
and use taxes.
(b) Any county or municipality may exempt the entity
from paying any county or municipal sales and use taxes in
accordance with Section 40-23-4.01, Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on September
1, 2026.
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HB579 Engrossed
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1, 2026.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Ways and Means
Education
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Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
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Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 101
Nays 0
Abstains 0
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John Treadwell
Clerk
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