---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama State University, board of trustees and president of university, authority and responsibilities further provided for, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-23, 16-50-27 am'd."
description: "Alabama State University, board of trustees and president of university, authority and responsibilities further provided for, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-23, 16-50-27 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Alabama SB 236 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497919cc-bb22-4a36-8a08-c025224b4a0c"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB236"
source_hash: "45ff80e4babdd3dc14e7416d00a56b1bb50a5007e019f9c6cf91bdf91fc1aa79"
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 236 (2018rs) — Alabama State University, board of trustees and president of university, authority and responsibilities further provided for, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-23, 16-50-27 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB236-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB236-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB236-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 970 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 971 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1096 — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education and Youth Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Education and Youth Affairs first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 970 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 971 `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1096 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-495. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/497919cc-bb22-4a36-8a08-c025224b4a0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).