---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franklin Co., mayors allowed to participate in Employees' Retirement System, const. amend."
description: "Franklin Co., mayors allowed to participate in Employees' Retirement System, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Alabama HB 437 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franklin County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kiel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a4142f-af39-4434-b822-720fd8a0af87"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB437"
source_hash: "c065426a2b0cc341b2f11a6417db412d8593c1894467393858f0939b14f960ac"
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 437 (2022rs) — Franklin Co., mayors allowed to participate in Employees' Retirement System, const. amend.

## 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/HB437-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB437-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 705 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 595 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 704 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 596 — **50–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kiel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 595 `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 596
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 704 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 705
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 5:03 p.m. on March29, 2022.
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-185. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75a4142f-af39-4434-b822-720fd8a0af87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).