---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county personnel boards; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board and to require a municipality that opts out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board to create a civil service system and continue the rights of employees and officials vested or vesting in the county personnel board."
description: "County Personnel Boards; certain Class 8 municipalities authorized to opt out"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 471"
citation: "Alabama HB 471 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Personnel Boards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Garrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-13T12:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e9be29-3ac8-41de-8319-1590de9075e9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8c021390d011f21c670fad25dad76397cb94022372f4ac48b6c5892c02d9210b"
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 471 (2023rs) — Relating to county personnel boards; to authorize certain municipalities to opt out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board and to require a municipality that opts out from the jurisdiction of a county personnel board to create a civil service system and continue the rights of employees and officials vested or vesting in the county personnel board.

County Personnel Boards; certain Class 8 municipalities authorized to opt out

## 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/HB471-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1284057.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB471-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 1215 on HB471 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 868 on HB471 (2023 Regular Session) — **78–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Garrett — 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 (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-460 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e9be29-3ac8-41de-8319-1590de9075e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).