---
type: "Bill"
title: "District Attorneys; prosecuting attorneys prosecutorial function further provided for; to provide for legislative findings"
description: "State & State Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "Alabama HB 38 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State & State Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill (J)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-08-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9962f9d8-c757-4a34-8ac6-f796eb076133"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "94c3043d4e67c1a31393d8516876bedb149d8a47a5cee37cf805470d6b98a77d"
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 38 (2025rs) — District Attorneys; prosecuting attorneys prosecutorial function further provided for; to provide for legislative findings

State & State Officers

## 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/2025RS/HB38-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB38-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hill (J) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-29T04:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 960 `passage`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 66 `passage`
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9962f9d8-c757-4a34-8ac6-f796eb076133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).