---
type: "Bill"
title: "Etowah County, constitutional amendment, authorizes legislature to fix court costs by local law"
description: "Etowah County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Alabama SB 262 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Etowah County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9066125-8b0f-401c-a116-558a608418fc"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2718571fe33a66d000b29603f396710a39e730f3915bf1ea4d9d3607287b05c2"
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 262 (2024rs) — Etowah County, constitutional amendment, authorizes legislature to fix court costs by local law

Etowah 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/SB262-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1529786.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment A68XSQS-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/A68XSQS-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB262-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 787 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 788 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 789 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 638 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 637 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 790 on SB262 (2024 Regular Session) — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Sent to Secretary of State
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** LocalCertificationResolutionAdopted
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 789 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 788
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Butler 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation)
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 638 `passage`
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+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** 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 Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-121 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9066125-8b0f-401c-a116-558a608418fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).