---
type: "Bill"
title: "County boards of equalization, appointment of members to, Revenue Commissioner authorize to make appointments under certain conditions, process for filling vacancies, per diem increased for active members, Secs. 40-3-2, 40-3-4, 40-3-7, 40-3-8 am'd."
description: "County boards of equalization, appointment of members to, Revenue Commissioner authorize to make appointments under certain conditions, process for filling vacancies, per diem increased for active members, Secs. 40-3-2, 40-3-4, 40-3-7, 40-3-8 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Alabama SB 54 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equalization", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanders-Fortier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd1baa61-dab0-4059-811a-3cef350a61f5"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB54"
source_hash: "5f577755b5506df48d906592a5f1cc8b0000caa7633908505a655f5c62741d01"
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 SB 54 (2021rs) — County boards of equalization, appointment of members to, Revenue Commissioner authorize to make appointments under certain conditions, process for filling vacancies, per diem increased for active members, Secs. 40-3-2, 40-3-4, 40-3-7, 40-3-8 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/SB54-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB54-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 188 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 587 — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanders-Fortier — 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 Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 188 `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 587 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-173. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd1baa61-dab0-4059-811a-3cef350a61f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).