---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state holidays; to designate Alabama Peace Officers' Memorial Day."
description: "State holidays, Alabama Peace Officers' Memorial Day designated"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Alabama SB 12 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State holidays"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Barfoot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a992593c-a0ee-4fc5-8e26-e47cccbeedaf"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "901a7e9257f049e046fff524b1335f872867f514ee82a3d68c9438f05f8cee72"
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 SB 12 (2023rs) — Relating to state holidays; to designate Alabama Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

State holidays, Alabama Peace Officers' Memorial Day designated

## 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/SB12-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1251639.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment G8OV22-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/G8OV22-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB12-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB12-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 102 on SB12 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 103 on SB12 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 465 on SB12 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Will Barfoot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Pending
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Veterans and Military Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-118 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a992593c-a0ee-4fc5-8e26-e47cccbeedaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).