---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste disposal, definition of landfill, cover may include alternative cover in addition to earth, Sec. 22-27-2 am'd."
description: "Solid waste disposal, definition of landfill, cover may include alternative cover in addition to earth, Sec. 22-27-2 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Alabama HB 140 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Management Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7fa4d9-68b8-45ea-a1f7-7260330fac99"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB140"
source_hash: "1030a3fccb5181445effc1ec784981f284c562ffca35d45a07f76a5c0cecd395"
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 140 (2020rs) — Solid waste disposal, definition of landfill, cover may include alternative cover in addition to earth, Sec. 22-27-2 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB140-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 205150-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/205150-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 205334-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/205334-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 205421-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/205421-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB140-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB140-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 300 — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 54 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Baker motion to Table adopted Roll Call 52 — **55–36** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 53 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Warren Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Baker motion to Table adopted Roll Call 52 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Baker 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Baker motion to withdraw adopted Voice Vote
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Baker 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 53 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 54 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Meadows intended to vote "Abstain" and Stadthagen intended to vote "Yea"
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 300 `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-30. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:49 p.m. on March 5, 2020. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7fa4d9-68b8-45ea-a1f7-7260330fac99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).