---
type: "Bill"
title: "County and municipal employees; whistleblower protection provided"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Alabama HB 121 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Carns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0acea93-31df-4035-99d7-42efb5d3c90d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2ee9d94ceb010c22f34739bf6bfd6125a6d88c5444aff96850fa2570d8ac0a07"
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 HB 121 (2024rs) — County and municipal employees; whistleblower protection provided

Counties & Municipalities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB121-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-112** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1529777.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 47BGIRR-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/47BGIRR-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB121-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB121-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 97 on HB121 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 96 on HB121 (2024 Regular Session) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 98 on HB121 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 569 on HB121 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 568 on HB121 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Carns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 569 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 98 `passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 97
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** C&MG Reported Substitute Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-112 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0acea93-31df-4035-99d7-42efb5d3c90d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).