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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-42-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to validate and ratify under certain conditions any municipal annexation by any municipality prior to the effective date of this act notwithstanding any procedural defect by the municipality.\u0002"
+description: "Municipalities, annexation, validated notwithstanding procedural defect."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "HB 48"
+citation: "Alabama HB 48 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Municipalities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jim Hill"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-31T12:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6631b22a-ce67-4a30-8aac-271007b40513"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "35eb88a597cd285ed9b5f296750149fe43623e3fcd1c7986db6f376c072db1d6"
+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 48 (2023rs) — Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-42-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to validate and ratify under certain conditions any municipal annexation by any municipality prior to the effective date of this act notwithstanding any procedural defect by the municipality.
+
+Municipalities, annexation, validated notwithstanding procedural defect.
+
+## 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/HB48-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1272983.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB48-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the H for Vote 453 on HB48 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 878 on HB48 (2023 Regular Session) — **18–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jim Hill — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
+- **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
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-31T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-335 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6631b22a-ce67-4a30-8aac-271007b40513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+