---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Shelby County; to amend Section 3 of Act 79-524, 1979 Regular Session, (Acts 1979, p. 935), as last amended by Act 2015-343 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts 2015, p. 1069), establishing a personnel board for employees of county law enforcement officers in the county; to provide for the compensation of the chief deputy sheriff, the operations manager, and up to two majors in the sheriff's department; and to repeal Act 2009-336 of the 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 576), relating to the compensation of the chief deputy sheriff."
description: "Shelby County, sheriff, chief deputy operations manager, and two majors, compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Alabama HB 138 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelby County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corley Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70772e0-3fc0-4e56-a9f7-01031d6ef9a3"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "11670aaa529deb19ed4e52b5de9e9b7985b777ac8b4b057cb215348fa967e379"
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 138 (2023rs) — Relating to Shelby County; to amend Section 3 of Act 79-524, 1979 Regular Session, (Acts 1979, p. 935), as last amended by Act 2015-343 of the 2015 Regular Session (Acts 2015, p. 1069), establishing a personnel board for employees of county law enforcement officers in the county; to provide for the compensation of the chief deputy sheriff, the operations manager, and up to two majors in the sheriff's department; and to repeal Act 2009-336 of the 2009 Regular Session (Acts 2009, p. 576), relating to the compensation of the chief deputy sheriff.

Shelby County, sheriff, chief deputy operations manager, and two majors, compensation.

## 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/HB138-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1246999.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB138-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 338 on HB138 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 175 on HB138 (2023 Regular Session) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corley Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Shelby County Legislation) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Shelby County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-80 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d70772e0-3fc0-4e56-a9f7-01031d6ef9a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).