---
type: "Bill"
title: "Choctaw Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required"
description: "Choctaw Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 587"
citation: "Alabama HB 587 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Choctaw County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Easterbrook"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a8ccc8-b2d1-4d14-94f9-767332aace4d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB587"
source_hash: "d072f757cff6a6a3097200205a1197ea496a59338d20381d2134813de9a9cf35"
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 587 (2019rs) — Choctaw Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required

## 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/HB587-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB587-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1165 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 596 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Easterbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 596 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1165 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-366. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 28, 2019 at 5:05 p.m. on May 28, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a8ccc8-b2d1-4d14-94f9-767332aace4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).