---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the City of Calera; to authorize the City Council of the City of Calera to establish and regulate the operation of entertainment districts as designated by the Calera City Code; and to authorize the city council to provide penalties for violations."
description: "Calera, alcoholic beverages, city council may provide for entertainment districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Alabama HB 231 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Calera"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corley Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T13:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07b864e5-6b79-43b9-a61b-d93936d827cd"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2b9d63e0387bacabae789601caad56128e6e40a40c38541e4caff4167f90267b"
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 231 (2023rs) — Relating to the City of Calera; to authorize the City Council of the City of Calera to establish and regulate the operation of entertainment districts as designated by the Calera City Code; and to authorize the city council to provide penalties for violations.

Calera, alcoholic beverages, city council may provide for entertainment districts.

## 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/HB231-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1245054.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB231-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 189 on HB231 (2023 Regular Session) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 342 on HB231 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T13:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-72 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07b864e5-6b79-43b9-a61b-d93936d827cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).