---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indigent defense, provides for membership & review process of adv. boards, provides for comp. of attorneys"
description: "Criminal Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Alabama HB 275 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Almond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5a7710-7509-4b13-a30c-d5b9d9b1301b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "19e4285c03c3caf08a9b388a48d335235142d3813f1211cc6d4d7c266c68db86"
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 275 (2024rs) — Indigent defense, provides for membership & review process of adv. boards, provides for comp. of attorneys

Criminal Procedure

## 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/HB275-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1535603.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment DKCBNHN-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/DKCBNHN-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB275-eng.pdf)
5. **Ways and Means General Fund Amendment PD6DEGE-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/PD6DEGE-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB275-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 410 on HB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 411 on HB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 272 on HB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 270 on HB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–1** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 271 on HB275 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Almond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor
- **2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Pending with Executive Amendment
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 411 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 272 `passage`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 271
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means General Fund) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Engrossed Substitute Adopted (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Committee Amendment Adopted (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T18:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-161 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5a7710-7509-4b13-a30c-d5b9d9b1301b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).