---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obligation Transparency, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on created, membership, compensation, powers, and duties, provided"
description: "Obligation Transparency, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on created, membership, compensation, powers, and duties, provided"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 392"
citation: "Alabama HB 392 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Obligation Transparency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones (M)"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d70f6a-6fb5-4524-bd63-23f71fd0df14"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB392"
source_hash: "53524d6b28e36ca2cb0cbe893c08b5a54f94f7858ea11b067d7da7d9a4093d8a"
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 392 (2021rs) — Obligation Transparency, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on created, membership, compensation, powers, and duties, provided

## 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/HB392-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211083-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211083-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213344-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213344-3.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 214132-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/214132-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB392-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB392-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Jones (M) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1161 — **65–15** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1396 — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 233 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1397 — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 1160 — **59–30** (pass) · lower
- Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1395 — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 234 — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones (M) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+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** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 233 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 234 `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund zeroeth Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1395 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Melson Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1396 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1397 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Reconsider and Table adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 1160
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1161 `passage`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rafferty intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Whitt intended to vote "Abstain"
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **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** Finance and Taxation General Fund first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-536. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:07 a.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/48d70f6a-6fb5-4524-bd63-23f71fd0df14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).