HB 23 Alabama House · 2023 Regular Session

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.

Summary
Volunteer FIre Departments, purchase kitchen equipment, reimburse volunteer firefighters
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Feb 8, 2023 Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2023

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended (Ways and Means Education)
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education)
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Government)
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (State Government)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Chip Brown
Chip Brown
RRepublican
AL
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