---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the City of Helena in Shelby County; to authorize the City Council of the City of Helena to establish and regulate the operation of entertainment districts in the city as designated by the Helena City Code; and to authorize the city council to provide penalties for violations."
description: "Helena, city council authority to establish and regulate entertainment districts and sales by Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Alabama HB 448 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Helena"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leigh Hulsey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5631c9aa-d3a3-42ac-a1d6-9503b2ef50c1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "892749c0c0fbb7ef0248387bd8cbafabcfd78c80f638860f54e5b168aa03aca4"
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 448 (2023rs) — Relating to the City of Helena in Shelby County; to authorize the City Council of the City of Helena to establish and regulate the operation of entertainment districts in the city as designated by the Helena City Code; and to authorize the city council to provide penalties for violations.

Helena, city council authority to establish and regulate entertainment districts and sales by Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licensees.

## 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/HB448-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271930.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB448-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 674 on HB448 (2023 Regular Session) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 845 on HB448 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leigh Hulsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Shelby County Legislation) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **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 House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Shelby County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Shelby County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T14:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-285 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5631c9aa-d3a3-42ac-a1d6-9503b2ef50c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).