---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to volunteer fire departments; to amend Sections 9-3-11, 9-3-12, and 9-3-13, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide duties and procedures for the Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee; and to add Section 9-3-21 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide procedures for administration of the Rural and Community Fire Protection Development and Improvement Grant Program."
description: "Forestry Commission, advisory committee and grant program for rural and community fire protection created"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "Alabama HB 455 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Standridge"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d7ad9d8-08ed-4ab0-a728-3457101f72af"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6cd8913c5f271e89abfa741aa1e38043a0f4cf4cbf09f424d810f8214ca2c86f"
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 455 (2023rs) — Relating to volunteer fire departments; to amend Sections 9-3-11, 9-3-12, and 9-3-13, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide duties and procedures for the Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee; and to add Section 9-3-21 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide procedures for administration of the Rural and Community Fire Protection Development and Improvement Grant Program.

Forestry Commission, advisory committee and grant program for rural and community fire protection created

## 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/HB455-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274785.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment KQLR5A-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/KQLR5A-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment RXJ0YM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/RXJ0YM-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB455-eng.pdf)
6. **Urban and Rural Development Amendment 1AU0LL-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1AU0LL-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB455-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 694 on HB455 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1020 on HB455 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 693 on HB455 (2023 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 695 on HB455 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Standridge — 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
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+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 (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `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 as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **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
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Urban and Rural Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Urban and Rural Development)
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Urban and Rural Development)
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Urban and Rural Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-358 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d7ad9d8-08ed-4ab0-a728-3457101f72af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).