---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escambia Co., sheriff, booking fee in county jail, collection by clerk"
description: "Escambia Co., sheriff, booking fee in county jail, collection by clerk"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Alabama HB 491 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escambia County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc7f8e1-e096-4f46-94c9-5e7c7de129bb"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB491"
source_hash: "f37930dcb201bdbff9b5a55cf6a818956c585bae563c788a7af3199f19b64512"
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 491 (2020rs) — Escambia Co., sheriff, booking fee in county jail, collection by clerk

## 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/HB491-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB491-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 669 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 443 — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **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 443 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 669 `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-189. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:43 p.m. on May 9, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dc7f8e1-e096-4f46-94c9-5e7c7de129bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).