---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement System, stress bill, use of hazardous duty time to calculate years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, Secs. 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd."
description: "Retirement System, stress bill, use of hazardous duty time to calculate years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, Secs. 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Alabama HB 81 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement Systems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettus"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f042f9ef-2edb-457d-a092-ba41f7c3022f"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB81"
source_hash: "3752ea64fa80682d50ab1ce085d58b64297809bf7271c3cc40088630ed7e593f"
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 81 (2021rs) — Retirement System, stress bill, use of hazardous duty time to calculate years of service for inservice death benefits for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, Secs. 16-25-14, 36-27-16 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/HB81-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212898-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212898-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB81-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 852 — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 881 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 880 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pettus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44 `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 880 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 881 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 852 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-270. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on April 15, 2021 at 1:43 p.m. on April 15, 2021. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f042f9ef-2edb-457d-a092-ba41f7c3022f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).