---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Secretary of State; to amend Section 36-14-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for a reduction of the number of bound sets of legislative acts and codes required to be retained by the Secretary of State."
description: "Secretary of State, reduce number of sets of legislative acts, journals, and codes retained"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Alabama SB 280 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hovey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ac8dfd-3588-4a74-9f1f-3709a82b3d97"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "010332b17ede2da2dc5a85859c6ca5867396ac359bf53fe5b6c99c7ce629ebc5"
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 280 (2023rs) — Relating to the Secretary of State; to amend Section 36-14-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for a reduction of the number of bound sets of legislative acts and codes required to be retained by the Secretary of State.

Secretary of State, reduce number of sets of legislative acts, journals, and codes retained

## 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/SB280-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286167.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB280-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 755 on SB280 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1105 on SB280 (2023 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Hovey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+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 (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `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 (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-535 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ac8dfd-3588-4a74-9f1f-3709a82b3d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).