---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire districts, exempting timber lands from fire district service charges, responsibility for fire services under the Alabama Forestry Commission"
description: "Fire districts, exempting timber lands from fire district service charges, responsibility for fire services under the Alabama Forestry Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Alabama SB 282 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4572b8bf-c62d-4fdf-b4f6-721c1fcceb55"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB282"
source_hash: "9d16c7301709f79d12861b289b3f1de5a37e19f4f9ea6b5d78c357d1300df6cf"
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 282 (2019rs) — Fire districts, exempting timber lands from fire district service charges, responsibility for fire services under the Alabama Forestry Commission

## 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/SB282-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201259-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201259-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB282-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB282-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 722 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 723 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1112 — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albritton — 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 Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+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** Reed Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 722 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 723 `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1112 `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-466. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4572b8bf-c62d-4fdf-b4f6-721c1fcceb55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).