---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021."
description: "State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "Alabama HB 320 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72516f3c-5d78-45dc-a318-77eb6385bea4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB320"
source_hash: "5fa46ac8c98a8865cf69b486659b5a322a29a3492cb957f4b77ef26cbc2c81a7"
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 320 (2021rs) — State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB320-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB320-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 316 — **100–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1202 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence — 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 `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 316 `passage`
- **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 `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1202 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-338. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 2:07 p.m. on April 29, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72516f3c-5d78-45dc-a318-77eb6385bea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).