---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mayors, legislative functions in cities/towns with 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants, authorized to continue operating as a city or town with less than 12,000 inhabitants by majority vote of council and mayor under certain conditions, veto power restricted, Secs. 11-43-2, 11-43-3, 11-43-40, 11-45-4, 11-45-5 am'd."
description: "Mayors, legislative functions in cities/towns with 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants, authorized to continue operating as a city or town with less than 12,000 inhabitants by majority vote of council and mayor under certain conditions, veto power restricted, Secs. 11-43-2, 11-43-3, 11-43-40, 11-45-4, 11-45-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 66"
citation: "Alabama HB 66 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mayors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9def0a-e40c-4744-8575-1d71772f5c8c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB66"
source_hash: "3c5692dcc50fff455bb4e85e4e71bcf9cba248e474d864f6ea00dfaee80cae66"
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 66 (2018rs) — Mayors, legislative functions in cities/towns with 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants, authorized to continue operating as a city or town with less than 12,000 inhabitants by majority vote of council and mayor under certain conditions, veto power restricted, Secs. 11-43-2, 11-43-3, 11-43-40, 11-45-4, 11-45-5 am'd.

## 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/HB66-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB66-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 366 — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 860 — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 366 `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 860 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-281. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 5:09 p.m. on March 15, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9def0a-e40c-4744-8575-1d71772f5c8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).