---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021."
description: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Alabama SB 157 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e59952e-7076-40d7-a331-658db34cf507"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB157"
source_hash: "5d99e6276e8d3647e219eb6c4a242e2932c95a9d59a36813e25dc4b2a9005f29"
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 157 (2020rs) — General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

## 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/SB157-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 206835-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/206835-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 207123-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207123-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 207143-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207143-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 207165-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207165-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 207169-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207169-1.pdf)
7. **Amd/Sub 207204-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207204-2.pdf)
8. **Amd/Sub 207289-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/207289-2.pdf)
9. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB157-eng.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB157-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 482 — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 616 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Clouse motion to Table adopted Roll Call 481 — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 461 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 458 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 457 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 483 — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Table adopted Roll Call 459 — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 460 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albritton — 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`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 457 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 458 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Sessions Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Table adopted Roll Call 459 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 460 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 461 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 462 `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`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Table adopted Roll Call 481 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 482 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 483 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 616 `passage`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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. 2020-168. `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:01 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/8e59952e-7076-40d7-a331-658db34cf507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).