republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-23.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads; to make legislative findings that volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads fulfill a public purpose; to authorize volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads to purchase kitchen equipment and supplies for their stations; to authorize a tax credit for mileage to firefighters and squad members; and to specify that county commissions are not responsible for the expenditures and activities of volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads."
description: "Volunteer FIre Departments, purchase kitchen equipment, reimburse volunteer firefighters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Alabama HB 23 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Volunteer FIre Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Brown"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac69e8ec-72c5-493b-81cc-6b90469db505"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "bb550298be2166586667af6471ad1e74c0b3e911ca4013d9fc887cf9be7ffe94"
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 23 (2023rs) — Relating to volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads; to make legislative findings that volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads fulfill a public purpose; to authorize volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads to purchase kitchen equipment and supplies for their stations; to authorize a tax credit for mileage to firefighters and squad members; and to specify that county commissions are not responsible for the expenditures and activities of volunteer fire departments and volunteer rescue squads.

Volunteer FIre Departments, purchase kitchen equipment, reimburse volunteer firefighters

## 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/HB23-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1286180.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment EPB5C9-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/EPB5C9-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment WLRV95-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/WLRV95-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB23-eng.pdf)
6. **State Government Amendment LV2BWY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/LV2BWY-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB23-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 392 on HB23 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1123 on HB23 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 393 on HB23 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chip Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended (Ways and Means Education) `passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-510 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac69e8ec-72c5-493b-81cc-6b90469db505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).