---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Colbert County; to amend Section 45-17-60, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the expense allowance, annual salary, and other benefits for the coroner of Colbert County; and to authorize the Colbert County Commission to appropriate and expend funds for the operation of the Office of Coroner of Colbert County."
description: "Colbert County, further provided for the compensation of the coroner and authorized the county commission to expend funds for the operation of the coroner's office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 420"
citation: "Alabama HB 420 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colbert County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerry (Bubba) Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-12T15:05:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9edf98f9-be8b-4f55-a8ee-0b00853dd873"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "434dc60bfc154199f9c2431e54bd79a6ddc9ee03784ee4031e912aaed0984447"
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 420 (2023rs) — Relating to Colbert County; to amend Section 45-17-60, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the expense allowance, annual salary, and other benefits for the coroner of Colbert County; and to authorize the Colbert County Commission to appropriate and expend funds for the operation of the Office of Coroner of Colbert County.

Colbert County, further provided for the compensation of the coroner and authorized the county commission to expend funds for the operation of the coroner's office

## 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/HB420-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1282929.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB420-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 588 on HB420 (2023 Regular Session) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1148 on HB420 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerry (Bubba) Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+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`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12T15:05:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-430 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9edf98f9-be8b-4f55-a8ee-0b00853dd873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).