---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escambia Co., sheriff, fingerprinting, fees for personal purposes"
description: "Escambia Co., sheriff, fingerprinting, fees for personal purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Alabama HB 296 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escambia County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a47ac7c8-6abf-485d-99f9-e8ffc0d0f21e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB296"
source_hash: "5e5fd4de7d273d108d36d042a450128ea0f6a9902190d6fc2d1e4efa0be6b285"
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 296 (2022rs) — Escambia Co., sheriff, fingerprinting, fees for personal purposes

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB296-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB296-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 177 — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 405 — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 177 `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 405 `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-96. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 3:00 p.m. on March 1, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a47ac7c8-6abf-485d-99f9-e8ffc0d0f21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).