---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018."
description: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Alabama SB 185 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2c3b9e9-4ef4-48d3-8bfe-1a0f798c0851"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB185"
source_hash: "8bcc8d472b666d131118da5a5e2b190e1512cef2f30dcab13278793275ad7071"
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 185 (2018rs) — State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2018.

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB185-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB185-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB185-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 730 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 884 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 514 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pittman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 514 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+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`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 729 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 730 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 884 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-352. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2c3b9e9-4ef4-48d3-8bfe-1a0f798c0851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).