---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Service, Board of, specific race requirements for memberships removed, Secs. 34-13-20, 34-13-23 am'd."
description: "Funeral Service, Board of, specific race requirements for memberships removed, Secs. 34-13-20, 34-13-23 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Alabama HB 237 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral Service", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/883e4e4e-6d13-49ee-922d-671d5015320d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB237"
source_hash: "d5d0f3261eee16aa33d0bc6c5f2adcea14ae826497e1265265afa26e7188c6bf"
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 237 (2018rs) — Funeral Service, Board of, specific race requirements for memberships removed, Secs. 34-13-20, 34-13-23 am'd.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB237-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB237-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 950 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 416 — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 416 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 950 `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-451. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:17 a.m. on March 22, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/883e4e4e-6d13-49ee-922d-671d5015320d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).