---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required"
description: "Lee Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "Alabama SB 338 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lee County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/587d05b5-0ee6-4a31-9137-ef156d79ed0d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB338"
source_hash: "2704c588f5a3119bef88784003f392cc27569660f8599840547fe3151f9f817c"
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 338 (2020rs) — Lee Co., sheriff, qualifications, continuing education required

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB338-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB338-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 554 — **47–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 592 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whatley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 592 `passage`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Lee County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 554 `passage`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-126. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 12:47 p.m. on May 8, 2020 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/587d05b5-0ee6-4a31-9137-ef156d79ed0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).