---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mobile County; firefighting and emergency medical districts, board of trustees fills vacancies"
description: "Mobile County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Alabama SB 163 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mobile County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-09T17:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a01b5608-90b5-488f-8b63-1b2ee5dc6d04"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "379669d915815e5c9d8b7a00a784bac4d3660c15e4216da1c8e071c97a57c13d"
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 SB 163 (2024rs) — Mobile County; firefighting and emergency medical districts, board of trustees fills vacancies

Mobile 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/SB163-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1542973.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB163-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 971 on SB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 440 on SB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 972 on SB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 442 on SB163 (2024 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack W. Williams — 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** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 972 `passage`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Mobile County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 442 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Mobile County Legislation)
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Madison County Legislation)
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Mobile County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T17:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-311 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a01b5608-90b5-488f-8b63-1b2ee5dc6d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).