---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019."
description: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 166"
citation: "Alabama HB 166 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Polizos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7346d5-b9f8-43db-a9dd-c1ccce596872"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB166"
source_hash: "0681d9e4ca8d1f731d2bbd89d7bd04d7007ec6faaf3da2e7c27c4a399fc61e5f"
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 HB 166 (2019rs) — State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019.

## 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/HB166-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198504-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198504-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 198559-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198559-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB166-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB166-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 971 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 169 — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 168 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 170 — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Polizos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+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`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 168 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 169 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 170 `passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 971 `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-277. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a7346d5-b9f8-43db-a9dd-c1ccce596872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).