---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt, Finance Director to notify each agency of allocation, appropriations conditional on tobacco revenues, appropriation of additional tobacco settlement funds, audit, Children's Affairs Department to report to Legislature and Children's Policy Council, appropriations from General Fund to various entities"
description: "Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt, Finance Director to notify each agency of allocation, appropriations conditional on tobacco revenues, appropriation of additional tobacco settlement funds, audit, Children's Affairs Department to report to Legislature and Children's Policy Council, appropriations from General Fund to various entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Alabama HB 331 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children First Trust Fund"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d47657-236b-4fd5-bc55-b0a970358885"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB331"
source_hash: "e5fb7714082a7b5178387d9b2f3155266d2cd51597fdb2eab75380fa43b49a8a"
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 331 (2021rs) — Children First Trust Fund, appropriations from for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, use of allocation pursuant to Section 41-15B-2.2 and this act, tobacco settlement revenues deposited in fund within 30 days of receipt, Finance Director to notify each agency of allocation, appropriations conditional on tobacco revenues, appropriation of additional tobacco settlement funds, audit, Children's Affairs Department to report to Legislature and Children's Policy Council, appropriations from General Fund to various entities

## 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/HB331-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB331-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1200 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 311 — **100–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+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 311 `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 1200 `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. 2021-371. `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/38d47657-236b-4fd5-bc55-b0a970358885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).