---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clay Co., animal control authority created with municipalities, to provide animal control shelter for dogs and cats"
description: "Clay Co., animal control authority created with municipalities, to provide animal control shelter for dogs and cats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Alabama HB 577 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clay County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9771a244-b186-4813-a207-000fa061e02c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB577"
source_hash: "d85b95a68dc52669e171091a215c5009ad9b036106f44a8714579e2ed56caf92"
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 577 (2021rs) — Clay Co., animal control authority created with municipalities, to provide animal control shelter for dogs and cats

## 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/HB577-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212787-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212787-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB577-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB577-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 727 — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1108 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 728 — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Local Legislation first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 727 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 728 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1108 `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-310. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:52 a.m. on April 22, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9771a244-b186-4813-a207-000fa061e02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).