---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coosa Co., sheriff, service of process fee, failure to appear warrants, distrib. to sheriff for law enforcement purposes"
description: "Coosa Co., sheriff, service of process fee, failure to appear warrants, distrib. to sheriff for law enforcement purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Alabama HB 79 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coosa County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson (R)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8ac597-149b-4a58-aa3c-bf11131d6c15"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB79"
source_hash: "85f52153a98960fa8daef377b289660e79f0b3fb8e58c95d703e05efadeca6c8"
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 79 (2018rs) — Coosa Co., sheriff, service of process fee, failure to appear warrants, distrib. to sheriff for law enforcement purposes

## 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/HB79-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB79-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 11 — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 107 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson (R) — 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`
- **2018-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 11 `passage`
- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 107 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on January 25, 2018 at 1:05 p.m. on January 25, 2018. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-38. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc8ac597-149b-4a58-aa3c-bf11131d6c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).