---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Etowah County; to provide that the director and employees of The Etowah County Punishment and Corrections Authority have arrest powers and may make arrests in certain circumstances."
description: "Etowah County Punishment and Corrections Authority, arrest powers granted"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 111"
citation: "Alabama HB 111 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Etowah County Punishment and Corrections Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mack Butler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-15T12:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6747c296-8cea-401a-a6af-33d14a67dcde"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d45d484d3e1ca717b9207e880509d28dc0b82dfe483e43c9c15d0bfa2922b037"
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 111 (2023rs) — Relating to Etowah County; to provide that the director and employees of The Etowah County Punishment and Corrections Authority have arrest powers and may make arrests in certain circumstances.

Etowah County Punishment and Corrections Authority, arrest powers granted

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB111-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286152.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment Q3IX15-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/Q3IX15-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB111-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB111-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 108 on HB111 (2023 Regular Session) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 107 on HB111 (2023 Regular Session) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1186 on HB111 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mack Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-550 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6747c296-8cea-401a-a6af-33d14a67dcde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).