---
type: "Bill"
title: "Butler Co., municipality within the county prohibited from establishing a separate city school system without prior approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at a referendum election, const. amend."
description: "Butler Co., municipality within the county prohibited from establishing a separate city school system without prior approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at a referendum election, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 430"
citation: "Alabama HB 430 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Butler County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a66c57-2bba-45a0-90fb-251dc81d0490"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB430"
source_hash: "c05cea49fa492664b0619ba45610a6949d8fe10f7abbb9a7e476033c1de3de08"
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 430 (2022rs) — Butler Co., municipality within the county prohibited from establishing a separate city school system without prior approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting at a referendum election, const. amend.

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB430-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB430-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to adopt Local Certification Resolution adopted Roll Call 649 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 453 — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 454 — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 648 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 453 `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 454
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 648 `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to adopt Local Certification Resolution adopted Roll Call 649
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Secretary of State on March 17, 2022 at 1:50 p.m. on March 17, 2022.
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-150. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a66c57-2bba-45a0-90fb-251dc81d0490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).