---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surface Mining Commission,meetings every two months or as the Governor otherwise requires, Sec. 9-16-73 am'd."
description: "Surface Mining Commission,meetings every two months or as the Governor otherwise requires, Sec. 9-16-73 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 582"
citation: "Alabama HB 582 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surface Mining Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a69c770b-1810-48fb-909a-1fc7d925f842"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB582"
source_hash: "52fee7b1ce3402bbcd202279b11b7499926d3034b9fd580ecdaae8d0cee3fa21"
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 582 (2021rs) — Surface Mining Commission,meetings every two months or as the Governor otherwise requires, Sec. 9-16-73 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/HB582-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB582-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1039 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1434 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1039 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1434 `passage`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **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. 2021-487. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 7:24 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/a69c770b-1810-48fb-909a-1fc7d925f842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).