---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Coffee County; to amend Section 45-16-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the appointment of a chief deputy coroner and a deputy coroner, to provide for compensation for the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner, and to repeal Section 45-16-61, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the appointment of a deputy coroner."
description: "Coffee County, coroner, chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner, appointment and compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Alabama SB 325 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coffee County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Carnley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8a37b1-c059-4e5e-8421-7a21f85385aa"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bbe7c650a72efd07851791d64893e317b3d8e09931d9fa8a8f6ead1719a07c55"
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 325 (2023rs) — Relating to Coffee County; to amend Section 45-16-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the appointment of a chief deputy coroner and a deputy coroner, to provide for compensation for the chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner, and to repeal Section 45-16-61, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the appointment of a deputy coroner.

Coffee County, coroner, chief deputy coroner and deputy coroner, appointment and compensation.

## 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/SB325-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277208.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB325-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1061 on SB325 (2023 Regular Session) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 917 on SB325 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Josh Carnley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+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
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation ) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-406 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d8a37b1-c059-4e5e-8421-7a21f85385aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).