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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, issuance of bonds for the finance, construction, and renovation of prisons, provided; membership of authority, further provided; phased approach to the construction of new prisons and the renovation or closure of old prisons, provided; Correctional Facilities Maintenance Fund and Department of Corrections - Correctional Capital Improvement Fund, created; Alabama Prison Repurposing Commission, required to study economic impact of any closure or possible repurposing of prison facility. Secs. 14-2-1, 14-2-6, 14-2-12, 14-2-13.1, 14-2-14, 14-2-16, 14-2-19, 14-2-21, 14-2-28, and 14-2-34, am'd."
+description: "Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, issuance of bonds for the finance, construction, and renovation of prisons, provided; membership of authority, further provided; phased approach to the construction of new prisons and the renovation or closure of old prisons, provided; Correctional Facilities Maintenance Fund and Department of Corrections - Correctional Capital Improvement Fund, created; Alabama Prison Repurposing Commission, required to study economic impact of any closure or possible repurposing of prison facility. Secs. 14-2-1, 14-2-6, 14-2-12, 14-2-13.1, 14-2-14, 14-2-16, 14-2-19, 14-2-21, 14-2-28, and 14-2-34, am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2021s1"
+identifier: "HB 4"
+citation: "Alabama HB 4 (2021s1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Prisons and Prisoners"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2d579c-4937-4e0a-9146-c8cc54cfb8b5"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB4"
+source_hash: "2b3a14460bd4470c13343778f9a0163d78d1c20b620cf0f735a71582950de77c"
+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 4 (2021s1) — Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, issuance of bonds for the finance, construction, and renovation of prisons, provided; membership of authority, further provided; phased approach to the construction of new prisons and the renovation or closure of old prisons, provided; Correctional Facilities Maintenance Fund and Department of Corrections - Correctional Capital Improvement Fund, created; Alabama Prison Repurposing Commission, required to study economic impact of any closure or possible repurposing of prison facility. Secs. 14-2-1, 14-2-6, 14-2-12, 14-2-13.1, 14-2-14, 14-2-16, 14-2-19, 14-2-21, 14-2-28, and 14-2-34, am'd.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/HB4-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 215193-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/215193-1.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 215231-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/215231-1.pdf)
+4. **Amd/Sub 215241-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/215241-1.pdf)
+5. **Amd/Sub 215249-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/215249-2.pdf)
+6. **Amd/Sub 215255-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/215255-1.pdf)
+7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/HB4-eng.pdf)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021FS/PrintFiles/HB4-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 15 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Clouse motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1 — **74–26** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 4 — **74–27** (pass) · lower
+- Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 3 — **74–27** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 2 — **89–8** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 16 — **29–2** (pass) · upper
+- Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 12 — **74–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clouse — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Hall Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Morris 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Morris motion to Withdraw adopted Voice Vote
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Hanes intended to vote "Yea"
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Morris 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 3
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 4 `passage`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 15 `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Beasley first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 16 `passage`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 12 `passage`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Clarke intended to vote "Nay"
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-546. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:25 p.m. on October 1, 2021. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2d579c-4937-4e0a-9146-c8cc54cfb8b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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