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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Shelby County; to further provide for service of process in civil cases in Shelby County; to set an additional fee for civil service of process; to create the Shelby County Sheriff's Civil Service of Process Fund; to provide for the distribution of funds to the sheriff's civil service of process fund; and to authorize the sheriff to contract with or enter into an agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process."
+description: "Shelby County; court costs, additional for service by sheriff, distributions to the sheriff's fund"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 444"
+citation: "Alabama HB 444 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Shelby County"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corley Ellis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44bb8e3e-8cb1-426e-b970-dddbe1fd933b"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "f75d618bf2b4a482532da5497115fe4e2719b27367b808c93999bded3efaefb7"
+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 444 (2023rs) — Relating to Shelby County; to further provide for service of process in civil cases in Shelby County; to set an additional fee for civil service of process; to create the Shelby County Sheriff's Civil Service of Process Fund; to provide for the distribution of funds to the sheriff's civil service of process fund; and to authorize the sheriff to contract with or enter into an agreement with a private, public, or governmental entity for the purpose of service of process.
+
+Shelby County; court costs, additional for service by sheriff, distributions to the sheriff's fund
+
+## 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/HB444-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271929.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB444-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the S for Vote 843 on HB444 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 670 on HB444 (2023 Regular Session) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corley Ellis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Shelby County Legislation) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+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 (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Shelby County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-284 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44bb8e3e-8cb1-426e-b970-dddbe1fd933b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+