---
type: "Bill"
title: "District attorneys supernumerary status, qualifications, removing minimum years of service and age requirement, Sec. 12-17-213 am'd."
description: "District attorneys supernumerary status, qualifications, removing minimum years of service and age requirement, Sec. 12-17-213 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Alabama SB 72 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Supernumeraries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barfoot"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
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/0b0d1c87-8a4f-4f90-b09f-19bdbbdbc4fa"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB72"
source_hash: "b7a72aabd5c6c4d299c99ff669885911ce09f26ead2d69984ad62efb832e03a0"
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 72 (2021rs) — District attorneys supernumerary status, qualifications, removing minimum years of service and age requirement, Sec. 12-17-213 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/SB72-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 210101-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210101-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 210372-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/210372-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB72-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB72-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 800 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 627 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 623 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 626 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barfoot — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 623 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 626 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 627 `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 800 `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-274. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b0d1c87-8a4f-4f90-b09f-19bdbbdbc4fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).