---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal courts, traffic tickets, fines and penalties, municipalities limited in the amount of money a municipality may retain, transfer of excess to State Finance Department for further distribution"
description: "Municipal courts, traffic tickets, fines and penalties, municipalities limited in the amount of money a municipality may retain, transfer of excess to State Finance Department for further distribution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Alabama SB 282 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f936337-37d7-4a8b-bbd0-fea1ae5f923d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB282"
source_hash: "47bf7bee1f3a96db1e49189b6240c9dab119a80e731d63f0ff942d95f36e80a3"
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 282 (2022rs) — Municipal courts, traffic tickets, fines and penalties, municipalities limited in the amount of money a municipality may retain, transfer of excess to State Finance Department for further distribution

## 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/SB282-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218728-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218728-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 218913-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218913-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB282-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB282-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 748 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 749 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 747 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gudger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 3 amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 747 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 748 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 749 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Voice Vote 896 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-419. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f936337-37d7-4a8b-bbd0-fea1ae5f923d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).