---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees' Retirement System Board of Control, membership revised, diversity language included, terms of service further provided for, Sec. 36-27-23 am'd."
description: "Employees' Retirement System Board of Control, membership revised, diversity language included, terms of service further provided for, Sec. 36-27-23 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Alabama SB 79 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3242dd9-4904-40f0-9e41-a528cfe01f82"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB79"
source_hash: "fd8bf1506943728c0d70e586bddba003cf831cc093d15c15a5d8e4ab8ea97ca6"
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 79 (2021rs) — Employees' Retirement System Board of Control, membership revised, diversity language included, terms of service further provided for, Sec. 36-27-23 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/SB79-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 209561-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/209561-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 211333-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211333-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 211503-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211503-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 212724-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212724-2.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB79-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB79-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1173 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 543 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 545 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 544 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 107 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 797 — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 798 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gudger — 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`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 107 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 543 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 544 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 545 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+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 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 797 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 798 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Sullivan intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1173 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-390. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3242dd9-4904-40f0-9e41-a528cfe01f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).