---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Co., court costs, add'l in district and circuit court, distrib. of funds for security at courthouse"
description: "Washington Co., court costs, add'l in district and circuit court, distrib. of funds for security at courthouse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Alabama HB 42 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beech"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/297d529b-49fd-4f59-b75a-88c994db8097"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB42"
source_hash: "d7290aff7dc42120b7e7f1ed2c19dcfadeffb496444b3e4193728dae75e0fcf5"
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 42 (2018rs) — Washington Co., court costs, add'l in district and circuit court, distrib. of funds for security at courthouse

## 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/HB42-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB42-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 230 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 41 — **27–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beech — 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 Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 41 `passage`
- **2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 230 `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-77 on 02/09/2018. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/297d529b-49fd-4f59-b75a-88c994db8097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).