---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama State University, board of trustees, Governor, serve as an ex officio member, selection of president and president pro tempore by membership of the board, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-26 am'd."
description: "Alabama State University, board of trustees, Governor, serve as an ex officio member, selection of president and president pro tempore by membership of the board, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-26 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 281"
citation: "Alabama SB 281 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alabama State University"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcfafdd1-ef0d-41ac-9adf-cb178b322780"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB281"
source_hash: "56cf15ec8734ac24fe00f75797dc290f41a86ca099922fdd8525f4563b4048fd"
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 281 (2019rs) — Alabama State University, board of trustees, Governor, serve as an ex officio member, selection of president and president pro tempore by membership of the board, Secs. 16-50-20, 16-50-26 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/SB281-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199854-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199854-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB281-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB281-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 577 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 578 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1203 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 577 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 578 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1203 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-477. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcfafdd1-ef0d-41ac-9adf-cb178b322780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).