---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, transfer of monies to the fund, withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund provided for"
description: "General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, transfer of monies to the fund, withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Alabama SB 129 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14199a0-3d4f-4180-81f1-531b1b874f95"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB129"
source_hash: "c6e34bff1affc0c707c0f90ed45d2d89c9d56da6f34c4220afc2214bf34bace9"
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 129 (2020rs) — General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, transfer of monies to the fund, withdrawal and use of amounts deposited into the fund provided for

## 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/SB129-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB129-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 474 — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 465 `passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+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`
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 474 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-115. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 5:41 p.m. on May 7, 2020 `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b14199a0-3d4f-4180-81f1-531b1b874f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).