---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shelby Co., cities, counties, and utilities, mutual aid agreements authorized to restore utility service in emergencies, const. amend."
description: "Shelby Co., cities, counties, and utilities, mutual aid agreements authorized to restore utility service in emergencies, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Alabama HB 228 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelby County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fb0d25-59ae-47b7-955f-0d5bff0afa7e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB228"
source_hash: "0a4b95f6373c32e383ba4650036a40add80a262b768f9e779b5fce2a5fce784d"
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 228 (2020rs) — Shelby Co., cities, counties, and utilities, mutual aid agreements authorized to restore utility service in emergencies, 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB228-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB228-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 533 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 534 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 97 — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 96 — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Shelby County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 96 `passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 97
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Shelby County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 533 `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 534
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-93. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:40 p.m. on May 7, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0fb0d25-59ae-47b7-955f-0d5bff0afa7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).