HB223 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Victor Gaston
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2016 First Special Session, 2017 Regular Session, supplements and certain replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State
Summary: HB 223 updates Alabama’s Code by adopting 2016-2017 laws into the Code of Alabama 1975, making corrections, and setting duties for the Secretary of State in handling the volumes.
What This Bill Does
The bill adopts the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2016 First Special Session and the 2017 Regular Session as shown in the 2017 Cumulative Supplement and Replacement Volumes 6, 6A, and 6B, and initially adopts Local Volume 22K (Limestone to Marion Counties) plus related local supplements. It also fixes several editorial and clerical errors in the replacement and cumulative volumes. It declares that this adoption creates a continuous, systematic codification of the Code and clarifies that it does not affect statutes from the 2018 session; it requires the Code Publisher to have prepared the volumes and assigns custody and certification duties to the Secretary of State for the new volumes.

Who It Affects
Secretary of State – responsible for custody, filing, and certifying the adopted supplements and replacement volumes.
Local governments in Limestone to Marion Counties (local laws in Volume 22K) and other local law volumes affected by the local supplements – their laws are being incorporated into the Code.

Key Provisions
Adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the general and permanent laws enacted during the 2016 First Special Session and the 2017 Regular Session as contained in the 2017 Cumulative Supplement to volumes and 2017 Replacement Volumes 6, 6A, and 6B.
Initial adoption of 2017 Volume 22K (Local Laws Limestone to Marion Counties) and incorporation of 2017 local supplements into the Code.
Makes specified corrections to the replacement volumes and volumes of the cumulative supplement; declares continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and that the act does not affect 2018 session statutes; assigns duties to the Secretary of State and acknowledges Code Publisher certification.

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Subjects: Code of Alabama