---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOURNING THE DEATH AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JAMES BUFORD BOONE, JR."
description: "James Buford Boone, death mourned"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SJR 23"
citation: "Alabama SJR 23 (2023rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["James Buford Boone"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald H. Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T17:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1deeeb06-6f69-4615-9a12-bdb3862ed189"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f67e06470a7a7eba38767d74c8aac0373e72afa5b7350865426df48281e1f61d"
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 SJR 23 (2023rs) — MOURNING THE DEATH AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JAMES BUFORD BOONE, JR.

James Buford Boone, death mourned

## 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/SJR23-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1238576.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SJR23-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gerald H. Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **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 (RULES) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (RULES) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed by House of Origin `passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-04-19T17:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-27 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1deeeb06-6f69-4615-9a12-bdb3862ed189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).