---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County, Montgomery City/County Personnel Board and Department, abolished, new personnel merit system provided separately for city and county employees, separate appeals board and rules."
description: "Montgomery County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Alabama HB 287 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenyatté Hassell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51c6f1c-ffff-4a5b-91a4-5e9061e5fd94"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "152af51e3314f2f140643e1161b911f5a78ad315b1209ccd6411387ab83b8337"
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 287 (2024rs) — Montgomery County, Montgomery City/County Personnel Board and Department, abolished, new personnel merit system provided separately for city and county employees, separate appeals board and rules.

Montgomery County

## 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/HB287-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1543794.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 8XGLHHH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/8XGLHHH-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB287-eng.pdf)
5. **Montgomery County Legislation Amendment USJIGXG-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/USJIGXG-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB287-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 973 on HB287 (2024 Regular Session) — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 276 on HB287 (2024 Regular Session) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 275 on HB287 (2024 Regular Session) — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 277 on HB287 (2024 Regular Session) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 974 on HB287 (2024 Regular Session) — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenyatté Hassell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 974 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 277 `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 276
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Montgomery County Legislation Engrossed Substitute Offered (Montgomery County Legislation) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Montgomery County Legislation)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Montgomery County Legislation)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Montgomery County Legislation 1st Amendment (Montgomery County Legislation)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Montgomery County Legislation)
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Montgomery County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-337 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51c6f1c-ffff-4a5b-91a4-5e9061e5fd94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).