---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board until October 1, 2025."
description: "Sunset Law, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board continued until October 1, 2025"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Alabama HB 196 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Simpson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7d56d6f-4035-4e2d-87dd-3b4cc01a8f3e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "fa7e5b844b5188724dc6576d314e2ea98c250435fce207e8ec24bfdededbb2b1"
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 196 (2023rs) — Relating to the Alabama Sunset Law; to continue the existence and functioning of the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board until October 1, 2025.

Sunset Law, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board continued until October 1, 2025

## 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/HB196-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1247001.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 5UELMM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/5UELMM-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB196-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 256 on HB196 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–3** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 257 on HB196 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 429 on HB196 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 54 on HB196 (2023 Regular Session) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed by House of Origin `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01T18:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-84 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7d56d6f-4035-4e2d-87dd-3b4cc01a8f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).