---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to St. Clair County; to provide for qualifications of the sheriff; and to require completion of continuing education."
description: "St. Clair County Sheriff's Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Alabama HB 149 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["St. Clair County Sheriff's Qualifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41a2877-3e9d-4d3c-8431-7eebed6cfff8"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0fe4f805ab3a1a4c015cc762acfddff732f11e4f9d0357e91c7d3c0a139a2c98"
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 149 (2023rs) — Relating to St. Clair County; to provide for qualifications of the sheriff; and to require completion of continuing education.

St. Clair County Sheriff's Qualifications

## 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/HB149-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1245013.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB149-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 319 on HB149 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 118 on HB149 (2023 Regular Session) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Hill — 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
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-69 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41a2877-3e9d-4d3c-8431-7eebed6cfff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).