---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington Co., sheriff, booking fee distributed to sheriff's law enforcement fund."
description: "Covington County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Alabama HB 478 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Covington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Hammett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b388c912-5c29-41d0-a4aa-84befa5c8f5e"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "f1783fec830f93b80eba171f8c2ae460bddc7142081f4c4661774e8ea1b5f8fc"
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 478 (2024rs) — Covington Co., sheriff, booking fee distributed to sheriff's law enforcement fund.

Covington 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/HB478-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1549440.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB478-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 983 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session) — **45–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1205 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 984 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1206 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Hammett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1206 `passage`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 984 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T19:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-427 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b388c912-5c29-41d0-a4aa-84befa5c8f5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).