---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement, benefits for local employers participating in ERS, retirement benefits given to Tier I plan members authorized for Tier II plan members, Sec. 36-27-6.5 added"
description: "Retirement, benefits for local employers participating in ERS, retirement benefits given to Tier I plan members authorized for Tier II plan members, Sec. 36-27-6.5 added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Alabama SB 147 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement Systems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a25dc4d-41ff-4102-8cc8-b183352c48fd"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB147"
source_hash: "fd52d40e2288e341c28eb12ed5506605a60d9979db3e5bf8b56093ee723dca5a"
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 147 (2019rs) — Retirement, benefits for local employers participating in ERS, retirement benefits given to Tier I plan members authorized for Tier II plan members, Sec. 36-27-6.5 added

## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB147-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198615-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198615-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198741-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198741-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 198943-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198943-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 199376-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199376-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB147-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB147-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 184 — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Waggoner motion to Table lost Roll Call 186 — **13–16** (fail) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 274 — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 273 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 185 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 184 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 185 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Table lost Roll Call 186
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 273 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 274 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-132. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a25dc4d-41ff-4102-8cc8-b183352c48fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).