---
type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; coroner and sheriff; further provide for expense allowance and salary of officers"
description: "DeKalb County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 398"
citation: "Alabama HB 398 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DeKalb County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathaniel Ledbetter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e9c63e-cc5e-43e7-af63-8b0d22fab2df"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3046ca3bdab2cc8f4e3f348b97cf61f84da52a3bfb46d1fd3407c25ced5f4002"
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 398 (2024rs) — DeKalb County; coroner and sheriff; further provide for expense allowance and salary of officers

DeKalb 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/HB398-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1541165.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB398-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 506 on HB398 (2024 Regular Session) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 779 on HB398 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 505 on HB398 (2024 Regular Session) — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 780 on HB398 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathaniel Ledbetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 780 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+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
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 506 `passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-266 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e9c63e-cc5e-43e7-af63-8b0d22fab2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).