---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to military affairs and civil defense; to add Section 31-1-9 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Troy Act; to provide that references in the code to the United States Uniformed Services include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps; and to direct the Code Commissioner to make these changes as appropriate in the Code of Alabama 1975."
description: "Relating to United States Uniformed Services; to create the Troy Act; to include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps among the United States Uniformed Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 450"
citation: "Alabama HB 450 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Relating to United States Uniformed Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Cole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36b5c30e-b542-457d-879e-d51fc01c3bc7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b1671b2731524009fdb3ee2c55beba8e049d01043b4ca273e98584914101d82e"
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 450 (2023rs) — Relating to military affairs and civil defense; to add Section 31-1-9 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Troy Act; to provide that references in the code to the United States Uniformed Services include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps; and to direct the Code Commissioner to make these changes as appropriate in the Code of Alabama 1975.

Relating to United States Uniformed Services; to create the Troy Act; to include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps among the United States Uniformed Services

## 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/HB450-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286184.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB450-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 834 on HB450 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1272 on HB450 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Cole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+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 (Veterans and Military Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Veterans and Military Affairs) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Military and Veterans Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Military and Veterans Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-518 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36b5c30e-b542-457d-879e-d51fc01c3bc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).