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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption, family leave, to require certain employers to provide certain amounts of family leave to employees who adopt children, and to require employers who provide maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents, Secs. 16-25-11.12, 36-26-35.2, 36-26-36.2 am'd."
+description: "Adoption, family leave, to require certain employers to provide certain amounts of family leave to employees who adopt children, and to require employers who provide maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents, Secs. 16-25-11.12, 36-26-35.2, 36-26-36.2 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2022rs"
+identifier: "SB 31"
+citation: "Alabama SB 31 (2022rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adoption"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad9354f-bb1d-4911-a146-678492d784fc"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB31"
+source_hash: "16a98dccee1ec95e557414e8265cc23fd9b4de42239537af2b1a10a3891d8aea"
+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 SB 31 (2022rs) — Adoption, family leave, to require certain employers to provide certain amounts of family leave to employees who adopt children, and to require employers who provide maternity benefits to female employees to offer equivalent benefits to adoptive parents, Secs. 16-25-11.12, 36-26-35.2, 36-26-36.2 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB31-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 219656-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219656-2.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB31-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 946 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 80 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1063 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 80 `passage`
+- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+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`
+- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 946 `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 `passage`
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Jones motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1063 `passage`
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-424. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ad9354f-bb1d-4911-a146-678492d784fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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