---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to solid waste, to amend Section 22-27-48, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-338, 2022 Regular Session, to further provide for the circumstances under which the approval of a local government is needed by a solid waste management facility."
description: "Solid waste management plans, to further provide for local government approval of permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Alabama HB 311 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste management plans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Baker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T14:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c66d44-515e-40a6-a261-0dec04018b26"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6a2386d24c371c6dd30c45d34186b5a67d7d8d23a3c32fdfb86cb5b540cce752"
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 311 (2023rs) — Relating to solid waste, to amend Section 22-27-48, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-338, 2022 Regular Session, to further provide for the circumstances under which the approval of a local government is needed by a solid waste management facility.

Solid waste management plans, to further provide for local government approval of permits

## 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/HB311-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271889.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 0NZR6C-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/0NZR6C-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB311-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 824 on HB311 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 673 on HB311 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 423 on HB311 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 674 on HB311 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alan Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T14:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-290 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6c66d44-515e-40a6-a261-0dec04018b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).