---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheriffs, co. jails, feeding of prisoners, fee increased, deposit in Prisoner Feeding Fund, increases provided every two years, continuous approp. from St. Gen Fund for emergency costs overruns, Secs. 14-6-40, 14-6-42, 14-6-47, 14-6-48, 36-22-17 am'd; Sec. 14-6-43 repealed"
description: "Sheriffs, co. jails, feeding of prisoners, fee increased, deposit in Prisoner Feeding Fund, increases provided every two years, continuous approp. from St. Gen Fund for emergency costs overruns, Secs. 14-6-40, 14-6-42, 14-6-47, 14-6-48, 36-22-17 am'd; Sec. 14-6-43 repealed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Alabama SB 228 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82088c6-bef9-461f-81c7-2c1b8dd425a1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB228"
source_hash: "8296a49d662a120827bb9596a000767dea1b476b37353eb5b2752d825ce37e1c"
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 228 (2019rs) — Sheriffs, co. jails, feeding of prisoners, fee increased, deposit in Prisoner Feeding Fund, increases provided every two years, continuous approp. from St. Gen Fund for emergency costs overruns, Secs. 14-6-40, 14-6-42, 14-6-47, 14-6-48, 36-22-17 am'd; Sec. 14-6-43 repealed

## 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/SB228-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198861-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198861-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199711-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199711-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB228-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB228-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 254 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 445 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 446 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 489 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 253 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 253 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 254 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+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`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 445 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 446 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 489 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-133. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82088c6-bef9-461f-81c7-2c1b8dd425a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).