---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-45-9.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that all municipalities may authorize a law enforcement officer to issue a summons and complaint in lieu of a custodial arrest for certain criminal offenses.\u0002"
description: "Municipal corporations, ordinances, issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of custodial arrest, further provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Alabama HB 13 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris England"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe5f4f7-23f8-46c3-83cc-2efaf5300737"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "feecceee17799f333734ab34026375c8e62780d321bbb76a7238fe1d848d5113"
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 13 (2023rs) — Relating to municipalities; to amend Section 11-45-9.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that all municipalities may authorize a law enforcement officer to issue a summons and complaint in lieu of a custodial arrest for certain criminal offenses.

Municipal corporations, ordinances, issuance of summons and complaint in lieu of custodial arrest, further provided for

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB13-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286177.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment G81ZC2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/G81ZC2-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment WLIV95-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/WLIV95-1.pdf)
5. **Conference Committee on HB13 Amendment KETYAA-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/KETYAA-1.pdf)
6. **Judiciary Amendment EPNVC2-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/EPNVC2-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB13-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 249 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 681 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 901 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 680 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 248 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1243 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1126 on HB13 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Conference Committee on HB13)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Accede (Conference Committee on HB13)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee (Conference Committee on HB13)
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-509 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe5f4f7-23f8-46c3-83cc-2efaf5300737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).