---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband, revising broadband accessibility grant program, increasing minimum threshold speed, expanding program to governmental entities, revising grant application process, Sec. 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 am'd."
description: "Broadband, revising broadband accessibility grant program, increasing minimum threshold speed, expanding program to governmental entities, revising grant application process, Sec. 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Alabama SB 124 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Broadband"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scofield"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e3baad-3962-47fb-8d74-0dc8639e2044"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB124"
source_hash: "f416d7cab1a7973719f407c0d746b340764d7f275afaf45e917e24ee6b859cdc"
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 124 (2022rs) — Broadband, revising broadband accessibility grant program, increasing minimum threshold speed, expanding program to governmental entities, revising grant application process, Sec. 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB124-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217130-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217130-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 217455-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217455-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 218005-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218005-2.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB124-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB124-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 184 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 208 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 207 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 461 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 183 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 486 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scofield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 183 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 184 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Scofield Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 208 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 207 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Urban and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Urban and Rural Development Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 461 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 486 `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-138. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27e3baad-3962-47fb-8d74-0dc8639e2044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).