---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lauderdale Co., sheriffs, increase compensation"
description: "Lauderdale Co., sheriffs, increase compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Alabama HB 521 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lauderdale County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d8b50f-e6db-4ae6-8432-dbd4b2f1263d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB521"
source_hash: "a5a6c67a988edf952693a441c94bb0ababf4c07230b0bd372b02a4d0f6657edf"
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 521 (2019rs) — Lauderdale Co., sheriffs, increase compensation

## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB521-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB521-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 526 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 763 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pettus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 526 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 763 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-263. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:01 a.m. on May 16, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d8b50f-e6db-4ae6-8432-dbd4b2f1263d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).