---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers, definition of working day for purposes of subsistence allowance clarified, Sec. 36-21-2 am'd."
description: "Law enforcement officers, definition of working day for purposes of subsistence allowance clarified, Sec. 36-21-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Alabama HB 211 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c59e48e1-33b9-4677-a9d0-abc08732ea86"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB211"
source_hash: "92dbd3febc48059ecec5df0897d879462051396b521ea8f97a0643ea757d8a78"
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 211 (2019rs) — Law enforcement officers, definition of working day for purposes of subsistence allowance clarified, Sec. 36-21-2 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB211-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198338-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198338-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB211-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB211-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 987 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1393 — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 986 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettus — 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`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 986 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 987 `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1393 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-451. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on May 31, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c59e48e1-33b9-4677-a9d0-abc08732ea86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).