---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022."
description: "General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Alabama HB 309 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11276ff7-3d54-4e46-a51a-2008d2943b6a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB309"
source_hash: "ca969c236845856c63c2290bae38440f4a79a2d467e787619e0e334b97a6804b"
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 309 (2021rs) — General Fund budget, appropriations for other functions of government, debt service, and capital outlay for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.

## 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/HB309-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211059-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211059-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211408-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211408-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213703-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213703-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 213865-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213865-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 214019-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214019-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB309-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB309-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Clouse Motion in Writing adopted Roll Call 1169 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 314 — **101–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 313 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1170 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1421 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1209 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1303 P&PO appoints Albritton, Singleton and Waggoner — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Clouse motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 1104 House appoints Clouse, Hall and South — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1207 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1208 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Albritton motion to Suspend Joint Rule 21 adopted Roll Call 1420 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Clouse Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 313 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 314 `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1207 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1208 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1209 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 1104 House appoints Clouse, Hall and South
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Scott intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Requested
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 1303 P&PO appoints Albritton, Singleton and Waggoner
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse Motion in Writing adopted Roll Call 1169
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1170 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Suspend Joint Rule 21 adopted Roll Call 1420
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1421 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Conference Report
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-479. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee on HB309 2021RS first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 4:24 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/11276ff7-3d54-4e46-a51a-2008d2943b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).