---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the City of Northport in Tuscaloosa County; to provide for a warrant recall fee to allow a municipal judge or municipal magistrate for the City of Northport to recall, under certain conditions, a failure to appear warrant."
description: "City of Northport, to authorize municipal court to assess warrant recall fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Alabama HB 275 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City of Northport"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Bolton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/080159b6-442c-40e3-bbd8-f5d1f1472387"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "258293127d886d9a775ded6ff824db4a779e55ddc8fbb523e324414e6488f136"
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 275 (2023rs) — Relating to the City of Northport in Tuscaloosa County; to provide for a warrant recall fee to allow a municipal judge or municipal magistrate for the City of Northport to recall, under certain conditions, a failure to appear warrant.

City of Northport, to authorize municipal court to assess warrant recall fee

## 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/HB275-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1265685.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB275-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 732 on HB275 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 281 on HB275 (2023 Regular Session) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ron Bolton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **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 House of Origin
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Tuscaloosa County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Tuscaloosa County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-221 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/080159b6-442c-40e3-bbd8-f5d1f1472387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).