---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jasper, civil service board, members increased from three to five so that each city council district is represented, Act No. 113, 1965 First Sp. Sess., am'd."
description: "Jasper, civil service board, members increased from three to five so that each city council district is represented, Act No. 113, 1965 First Sp. Sess., am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "Alabama HB 297 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Walker County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5180fd6-28f8-4e64-912e-585ca76fb4b0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB297"
source_hash: "2dd4eed4b9806c3205b3fcd11d7a73959264ee54f6150d88514fc0eceeb31132"
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 297 (2020rs) — Jasper, civil service board, members increased from three to five so that each city council district is represented, Act No. 113, 1965 First Sp. Sess., am'd.

## 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/HB297-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB297-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 200 — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 365 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 200 `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 365 `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-76. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 12, 2020 at 12:14 p.m. on March 12, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5180fd6-28f8-4e64-912e-585ca76fb4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).