---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Pike County; to establish an additional voting center in the county."
description: "Pike County, voting center, additional at Hephzibah Baptist Church"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Alabama SB 218 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pike County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Carnley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/739788f1-c6d1-486c-98eb-d3a950667c05"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "70f128281ede4928dd81ba9524f36ea1328a96dd8cfe4cf973de71ad81158088"
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 218 (2023rs) — Relating to Pike County; to establish an additional voting center in the county.

Pike County, voting center, additional at Hephzibah Baptist Church

## 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/SB218-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277196.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB218-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 725 on SB218 (2023 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 792 on SB218 (2023 Regular Session) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josh Carnley — 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
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+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 (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local 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
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation ) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-391 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/739788f1-c6d1-486c-98eb-d3a950667c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).