---
type: "Bill"
title: "Constables; county commission, authorized to revise number of constables and geographic area served in county"
description: "State & State Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Alabama HB 499 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State & State Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bracy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3803526-e52a-438b-a3d9-b15ec45ba349"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1bbc07efc8be63d5d842a62f1b3a38e4f2bb4dac4bd8004f26c8ba5838eb6db6"
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 499 (2026rs) — Constables; county commission, authorized to revise number of constables and geographic area served in county

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/2026RS/HB499-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB499-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1200 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1093 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/d3803526-e52a-438b-a3d9-b15ec45ba349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).