republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Baldwin County; to repeal Act 730, 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 1056), providing for the licensing of water well drillers by the Baldwin County Water Well Standards Board; to repeal Act 266 of the 1977 Regular Session (Acts 1977, p. 366), relating to counties having populations not less than 57,000 nor more than 61,000 inhabitants and providing for the licensing of water well drillers; to repeal Section 22-24-12 of the Code of Alabama 1975, exempting Baldwin County from Chapter 24 of Title 22, Code of Alabama 1975, which chapter provides for the licensing of water well drillers by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management; and to provide for a statement of intent."
description: "Baldwin County, water well drillers, licensing local act repealed, exemption from general law regarding licensing by ADEM repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Alabama HB 461 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Baldwin County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Givens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-12T14:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa8b85e-bb0a-446b-b0b9-4bcbaade4496"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "414b0113ab79d4c5df1eb1b0f8e6b10ef882da3fe1688f5e607ce6d9eb1f9593"
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 461 (2023rs) — Relating to Baldwin County; to repeal Act 730, 1978 Regular Session (Acts 1978, p. 1056), providing for the licensing of water well drillers by the Baldwin County Water Well Standards Board; to repeal Act 266 of the 1977 Regular Session (Acts 1977, p. 366), relating to counties having populations not less than 57,000 nor more than 61,000 inhabitants and providing for the licensing of water well drillers; to repeal Section 22-24-12 of the Code of Alabama 1975, exempting Baldwin County from Chapter 24 of Title 22, Code of Alabama 1975, which chapter provides for the licensing of water well drillers by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management; and to provide for a statement of intent.

Baldwin County, water well drillers, licensing local act repealed, exemption from general law regarding licensing by ADEM repealed

## 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/HB461-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1282923.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment OAIOJM-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/OAIOJM-1.pdf)
4. **Baldwin County Legislation Amendment BD5D4J-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BD5D4J-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB461-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB461-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 860 on HB461 (2023 Regular Session) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 859 on HB461 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1197 on HB461 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Givens — 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
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred To Committee (County and Municipal Government)
- **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`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation ) `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 as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Temporarily
- **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 (Baldwin County Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Baldwin County Legislation)
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Baldwin County Legislation)
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Baldwin County Legislation) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12T14:55:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-444 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa8b85e-bb0a-446b-b0b9-4bcbaade4496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).