---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Pelham, creation of new civil service system"
description: "Shelby County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Alabama HB 97 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Shelby County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Paschal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-07T19:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398076b5-513b-4b17-a87c-78bb7cca1eb9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7e8ceca58fa31ec62a8ddcef736ca4124c1481b256f0894ab9c18d792a55e33a"
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 97 (2024rs) — City of Pelham, creation of new civil service system

Shelby County

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB97-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1540862.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB97-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 63 on HB97 (2024 Regular Session) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 786 on HB97 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 62 on HB97 (2024 Regular Session) — **40–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 787 on HB97 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Paschal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 787 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Shelby County Legislation)
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Shelby County Legislation)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Shelby County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 63 `passage`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Shelby County Legislation)
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Shelby County Legislation)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Shelby County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07T19:10:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-259 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398076b5-513b-4b17-a87c-78bb7cca1eb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).