---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-80.130, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide for the management of the Baldwin County Mental Health Court Fund."
description: "Baldwin County, created and provided for the management of the Baldwin County Mental Health Court Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Alabama HB 359 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Baldwin County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Simpson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/366b461f-d9ae-4f1f-922e-92bf15b544a0"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c953e13a8cb3acdd388530802104c8c8e6c404024649008b4b97c6de85a615ca"
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 359 (2023rs) — Relating to Baldwin County; to amend Section 45-2-80.130, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide for the management of the Baldwin County Mental Health Court Fund.

Baldwin County, created and provided for the management of the Baldwin County Mental Health Court Fund.

## 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/HB359-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271923.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB359-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1084 on HB359 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 554 on HB359 (2023 Regular Session) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Baldwin County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Baldwin County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-306 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/366b461f-d9ae-4f1f-922e-92bf15b544a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).