---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cullman Co., sheriff, salary, feeding of prisoners further provided for, Discretionary Fund established, const. amend."
description: "Cullman Co., sheriff, salary, feeding of prisoners further provided for, Discretionary Fund established, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Alabama HB 461 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harbison"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2317022-70e4-44e0-a455-b607f3b22d65"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB461"
source_hash: "da33af89c48330503c42d05f2346cef3e7bda35baf2294030b022c1b2476fa23"
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 461 (2018rs) — Cullman Co., sheriff, salary, feeding of prisoners further provided for, Discretionary Fund established, const. amend.

## 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/HB461-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB461-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1208 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Bussman motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 1209 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 604 — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 603 — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harbison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 603 `passage`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 604
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Bussman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1208 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bussman motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 1209
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-409. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Executive Department
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2317022-70e4-44e0-a455-b607f3b22d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).