---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marengo County, sheriff, service of process for personal service by the sheriff, distribution to sheriff and district attorney"
description: "Marengo County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Alabama HB 447 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marengo County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f5b70cf-8ebe-4272-a46d-a6b76bf5d749"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "74309072b3f92a8a4a1208788be8de3a7e1fbb0447490fd57c985621abb052e6"
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 447 (2024rs) — Marengo County, sheriff, service of process for personal service by the sheriff, distribution to sheriff and district attorney

Marengo 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/HB447-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1549475.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment WY1Q995-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/WY1Q995-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB447-eng.pdf)
5. **Local Legislation Amendment FXV2DCD-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/FXV2DCD-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB447-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 707 on HB447 (2024 Regular Session) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 706 on HB447 (2024 Regular Session) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 705 on HB447 (2024 Regular Session) — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1076 on HB447 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1075 on HB447 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1076 `passage`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 707 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 706
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Local Legislation Engrossed Substitute Offered (Local Legislation) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Local Legislation 1st Amendment (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-432 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f5b70cf-8ebe-4272-a46d-a6b76bf5d749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).