---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vestavia Hills; entertainment districts, city council authorized to establish"
description: "Jefferson County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Alabama HB 144 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jefferson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42d1a26-e497-4b97-8f82-a7f1f79c53aa"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3ac8cff9de83d18361c8a48f11bbb00a1017a47414925bb582b8e74e3d24b962"
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 144 (2026rs) — Vestavia Hills; entertainment districts, city council authorized to establish

Jefferson 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/2026RS/HB144-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB144-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 306 `passage`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Jefferson County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 108 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Jefferson County Legislation)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Jefferson County Legislation `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/d42d1a26-e497-4b97-8f82-a7f1f79c53aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).