---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gadsden, board of education, election at the same time and from the same districts as city council, qualifications, terms, compensation, filling vacancies, referendum"
description: "Gadsden, board of education, election at the same time and from the same districts as city council, qualifications, terms, compensation, filling vacancies, referendum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Alabama HB 424 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Etowah County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/517a5998-c40c-42bd-bd53-10fc1f899fcc"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB424"
source_hash: "83468dc2b966063583c16b279c25c1895962b17c3ff825dd7c3054b34abb9ef2"
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 424 (2018rs) — Gadsden, board of education, election at the same time and from the same districts as city council, qualifications, terms, compensation, filling vacancies, referendum

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB424-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB424-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1175 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 878 — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Butler motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 877 — **1–4** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ford Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Butler motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 877 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 878 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1175 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-565. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 27, 2018 at 6:09 p.m. on March 27, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/517a5998-c40c-42bd-bd53-10fc1f899fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).