Hearing
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing
Room 206 at 09:00:00
HB255 Alabama 2024 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB255 Alabama 2024 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2024
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Russell Bedsole RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2024
- Title
- Sheriffs, creates a service of process fee in every county and authorizes sheriffs to contract for service of process
- Description
Under existing law, sheriffs in certain counties are authorized to contract for service of process.
This bill would authorize all sheriffs to contract for service of process.
Under existing law, service of process fees and the disposition of those fees are provided for by local law.
This bill would require every county to collect a service of process fee, and would provide for the disposition of the fee.
This bill would also authorize sheriffs to adopt the service of process fee and fee disbursement authorized by this act in lieu of the fee and fee disbursement provided by local law.
- Subjects
- Counties & Municipalities
Bill Actions
H
Currently Indefinitely Postponed
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 397 YIAAN6N-1
H
Bedsole motion to Table - Lost Roll Call 396
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment Offered WU34EE9-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment Offered WU34EE9-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Hill 1st Amendment Offered YIAAN6N-1
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 395 5N9Y3M3-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered 5N9Y3M3-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Public Safety and Homeland Security 5N9Y3M3-1
H
Public Safety and Homeland Security 1st Amendment WU34EE9-1
H
Pending House Public Safety and Homeland Security
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Calendar
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 397 YIAAN6N-1
Yes
88
No
5
Abstained
2
Absent
8
Bedsole motion to Table - Roll Call 396
Yes
12
No
81
Abstained
3
Absent
7
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
53
No
24
Abstained
6
Absent
20
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 395 5N9Y3M3-1
Yes
53
No
24
Abstained
6
Absent
20
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
3
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
3
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB255 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Reported Out of Committee In House of Origin
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security COMMITTEE_INSTRUMENT_CHANGE_ADOPTED
Amendment
House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 397
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature