---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County and municipalities 5,000 or more, county-wide personnel system, exempt positions in municipalities, further expanded."
description: "Montgomery County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Alabama HB 288 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenyatté Hassell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/675d8131-312a-487b-be4d-56de76e49778"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "c3bc7185a8de62f4f2ab4bf869145a3776c0ff4514a46f8a6a4257fcfcfba2c6"
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 288 (2024rs) — Montgomery County and municipalities 5,000 or more, county-wide personnel system, exempt positions in municipalities, further expanded.

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/HB288-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542791.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment USJPGGG-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/USJPGGG-1.pdf)
4. **Montgomery County Legislation Amendment YF51266-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/YF51266-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB288-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 303 on HB288 (2024 Regular Session) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 278 on HB288 (2024 Regular Session) — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 279 on HB288 (2024 Regular Session) — **27–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 976 on HB288 (2024 Regular Session) — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 975 on HB288 (2024 Regular Session) — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenyatté Hassell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+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 976 `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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 303 `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Hassell motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 279
- **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`
- **2024-05-09T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-304 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/675d8131-312a-487b-be4d-56de76e49778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).