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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement"
+description: "Incarceration"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2024rs"
+identifier: "SB 248"
+citation: "Alabama SB 248 (2024rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Incarceration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["April Weaver"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a80bcf47-c499-49b0-ac52-ef11b5b9c35f"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "efa7bbe88bb45f16336d7369b05313f09d5dffb4d49eb126a75b1f1213d032f9"
+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 248 (2024rs) — Corrections Department; rename Investigation and Intelligence Division; add correctional canine classifications to state law enforcement
+
+Incarceration
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB248-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2024-402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1548599.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB248-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the S for Vote 543 on SB248 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the S for Vote 542 on SB248 (2024 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 1127 on SB248 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the H for Vote 1128 on SB248 (2024 Regular Session) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- April Weaver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1128 `passage`
+- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
+- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
+- **2024-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
+- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
+- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 543 `passage`
+- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans and Military Affairs)
+- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
+- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans and Military Affairs)
+- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-15T19:18:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-402 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a80bcf47-c499-49b0-ac52-ef11b5b9c35f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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