---
type: "Bill"
title: "Etowah Co., sheriff, feeding of prisoners further provided for, and for expense allowance for sheriff, Prisoner Food Fund established, const. amend."
description: "Etowah Co., sheriff, feeding of prisoners further provided for, and for expense allowance for sheriff, Prisoner Food Fund established, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Alabama SB 270 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33f872a-3e02-400e-b430-7421dfbe6590"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB270"
source_hash: "f56da7b91f7b402e96b124f7b329603f80abb78ea64a9861846313bf97da8299"
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 270 (2019rs) — Etowah Co., sheriff, feeding of prisoners further provided for, and for expense allowance for sheriff, Prisoner Food Fund established, const. amend.

## 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/SB270-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB270-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 662 — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 663 — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 396 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 396 `passage`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 662 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 663
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-165. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33f872a-3e02-400e-b430-7421dfbe6590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).