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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sheriffs; to provide for the acting sheriff when the office of sheriff of a county is vacant or when certain other circumstances exist in the county; and to repeal Section 11-5-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the county coroner serving as sheriff when the office of sheriff is vacant or when certain other circumstances exist in the county."
description: "Sheriff, vacancies in office, highest ranking deputy to serve as acting sheriff"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 276"
citation: "Alabama HB 276 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sheriff"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Bolton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d552abbf-8f80-4d9d-9e89-36aa0712f622"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "b9a43b1e6b5a2272c397ba270df5e39ddda5f71f14134d8a349428550eb7d592"
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 276 (2023rs) — Relating to sheriffs; to provide for the acting sheriff when the office of sheriff of a county is vacant or when certain other circumstances exist in the county; and to repeal Section 11-5-5 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the county coroner serving as sheriff when the office of sheriff is vacant or when certain other circumstances exist in the county.
Sheriff, vacancies in office, highest ranking deputy to serve as acting sheriff
## 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/HB276-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1257482.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment CVYOJW-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/CVYOJW-1.pdf)
4. **County and Municipal Government Amendment E01ICC-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/E01ICC-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB276-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the H for Vote 441 on HB276 (2023 Regular Session) — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 440 on HB276 (2023 Regular Session) — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 568 on HB276 (2023 Regular Session) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ron Bolton — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+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** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (County and Municipal Government)
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (County and Municipal Government) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-164 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d552abbf-8f80-4d9d-9e89-36aa0712f622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).