---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees' Retirement System, retirees, one-time lump-sum additional payment"
description: "Employees' Retirement System, retirees, one-time lump-sum additional payment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Alabama SB 215 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees' Retirement System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dial"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cf4c817-e003-40f2-b065-383fd9a243ec"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB215"
source_hash: "ce9efdb5f91add0b119c899ada7841e314c30dddec9701c888da562fa45c3f51"
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 215 (2018rs) — Employees' Retirement System, retirees, one-time lump-sum additional payment

## 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/SB215-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB215-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB215-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 508 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 733 — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 509 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Dial motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 732 — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 734 — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dial — 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 Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Dial first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 508 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 509 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 732 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Rich Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 733 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 734 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 808 `passage`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-355. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cf4c817-e003-40f2-b065-383fd9a243ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).