---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limestone Co., communication districts authorized to contract and cooperate with emergency communication distrct or public safety agency in a neighboring state"
description: "Limestone Co., communication districts authorized to contract and cooperate with emergency communication distrct or public safety agency in a neighboring state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Alabama HB 158 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limestone County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/947c44f3-1c4a-4726-9005-82bd36f536b5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB158"
source_hash: "428b0fcd12ec5274db3a006c38acdd795fa6b4886e15458873e45473893611f2"
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 158 (2022rs) — Limestone Co., communication districts authorized to contract and cooperate with emergency communication distrct or public safety agency in a neighboring state

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB158-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 216662-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216662-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB158-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB158-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 — **47–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 9 — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Limestone County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Limestone County Legislation Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 9 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 `passage`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-67. `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:52 p.m. on February 22, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/947c44f3-1c4a-4726-9005-82bd36f536b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).