---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer"
description: "Government Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Alabama HB 247 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0c274e-d1b1-44a8-bd6e-451d197a0a44"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ed42b2f5f6a6f0961c9a5243aadf52f3e87f9bbe56621dd4b73757c6d6f65a52"
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 247 (2026rs) — State Board of Adjustment, provide death benefit to survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of cancer

Government Administration

## 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/HB247-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB247-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Pettus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1278 `passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 548 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `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/ce0c274e-d1b1-44a8-bd6e-451d197a0a44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).