---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class 5 municipality, organized under Chapter 43D, Code of Alabama 1975 (Bessemer), city council, clerical assistants auth., Sec. 11-43D-14 am'd."
description: "Class 5 municipality, organized under Chapter 43D, Code of Alabama 1975 (Bessemer), city council, clerical assistants auth., Sec. 11-43D-14 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "Alabama HB 481 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jefferson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70ebd1f6-67e1-49b8-8939-fe200efa59ee"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB481"
source_hash: "3fa7df54ecec67a435b299f5c1e8dac285c6fe90ed884f40705fc31fee70ffb5"
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 481 (2021rs) — Class 5 municipality, organized under Chapter 43D, Code of Alabama 1975 (Bessemer), city council, clerical assistants auth., Sec. 11-43D-14 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB481-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212152-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212152-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB481-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 845 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 851 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 519 — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 844 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred from LL to JCL
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 519 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee on Jefferson County Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Jefferson County Legislation Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 844 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 845 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 851 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-269. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 15, 2021 at 1:25 p.m. on April 15, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70ebd1f6-67e1-49b8-8939-fe200efa59ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).