---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class 5 municipalities organized under Chapter 43D, Title 11, (Bessemer) city council and mayor, residency, Sec. 11-43D-2 am'd."
description: "Class 5 municipalities organized under Chapter 43D, Title 11, (Bessemer) city council and mayor, residency, Sec. 11-43D-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 482"
citation: "Alabama HB 482 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Class 5 Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d5d869-6285-4a94-9aa1-5b40d721f2a9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB482"
source_hash: "c2ef1e286407e2bc3a891d92ea150e27369b00468d56b900fb4fbab92f9b39e4"
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 482 (2021rs) — Class 5 municipalities organized under Chapter 43D, Title 11, (Bessemer) city council and mayor, residency, Sec. 11-43D-2 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/HB482-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB482-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 847 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 517 — **27–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 517 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 847 `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-215. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 12:25 p.m. on April 8, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83d5d869-6285-4a94-9aa1-5b40d721f2a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).