---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Services Dept., advisory board of directors, designees authorized to attend meetings on behalf of an ex officio member, additional board member, Sec. 38-3-1 am'd."
description: "Senior Services Dept., advisory board of directors, designees authorized to attend meetings on behalf of an ex officio member, additional board member, Sec. 38-3-1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Alabama HB 255 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Senior Services Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shedd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca8dd355-64e5-4cce-a6ce-22119fbfd230"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB255"
source_hash: "8ac3c900d9f4105b3d8498e3b00c744b3954f227727193957c712a454c838ca7"
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 255 (2021rs) — Senior Services Dept., advisory board of directors, designees authorized to attend meetings on behalf of an ex officio member, additional board member, Sec. 38-3-1 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB255-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212601-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212601-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB255-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 245 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1383 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1173 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1382 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shedd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 245 `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** McClendon Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1382 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1383 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1173 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-484. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:26 p.m. on May 17, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca8dd355-64e5-4cce-a6ce-22119fbfd230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).