---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Talladega County; to amend Sections 1 and 3 of Act 91-522 of the 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 923), as amended by Act 2018-101 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide for the employment and duties of the county engineer; and to repeal Section 2 of Act 91-522, providing for nominations to fill the position by the state highway director."
description: "Talladega County, county engineer, employment by county commission, duties further provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Alabama HB 453 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Talladega County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hurst"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-12T14:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86fad5c3-d466-4cc8-a830-0c05d8f6478f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ffc3aea312bd9417e0010609257ceb9b6cb3399c20c7bfa78e920e2a04644989"
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 453 (2023rs) — Relating to Talladega County; to amend Sections 1 and 3 of Act 91-522 of the 1991 Regular Session (Acts 1991, p. 923), as amended by Act 2018-101 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide for the employment and duties of the county engineer; and to repeal Section 2 of Act 91-522, providing for nominations to fill the position by the state highway director.

Talladega County, county engineer, employment by county commission, duties further provided.

## 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/HB453-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1282934.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB453-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1196 on HB453 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 955 on HB453 (2023 Regular Session) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Hurst — 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`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12T14:55:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-443 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86fad5c3-d466-4cc8-a830-0c05d8f6478f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).