---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finance Dept., supp. appropriation of federal funds from the Alabama Rental Assistance Fund, delegating to Ala. Housing Finance Authority to administer rental assistance under federal covid relief"
description: "Finance Dept., supp. appropriation of federal funds from the Alabama Rental Assistance Fund, delegating to Ala. Housing Finance Authority to administer rental assistance under federal covid relief"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Alabama HB 231 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea7295de-b0ac-449f-8215-7f58fe40c317"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB231"
source_hash: "0951666e3f4ca400253d79d78fdec6b3431869a5307c70bcb3c55bb82e5cbc09"
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 231 (2021rs) — Finance Dept., supp. appropriation of federal funds from the Alabama Rental Assistance Fund, delegating to Ala. Housing Finance Authority to administer rental assistance under federal covid relief

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB231-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB231-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 180 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 10 `passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Finance and Taxation General Fund as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 180 `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 12:01 p.m. on February 11, 2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea7295de-b0ac-449f-8215-7f58fe40c317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).