---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement System of Alabama, surviving spouse benefit of a retirement eligible member who dies in active service, benefit-option amended under District Attorneys' Plan, Judges' and Clerks' Plan, Teachers' and Employees' Retirement System, Secs. 12-17-277.6, 12-18-156, 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd."
description: "Retirement System of Alabama, surviving spouse benefit of a retirement eligible member who dies in active service, benefit-option amended under District Attorneys' Plan, Judges' and Clerks' Plan, Teachers' and Employees' Retirement System, Secs. 12-17-277.6, 12-18-156, 16-25-14, 36-27-16 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Alabama HB 155 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd81dcea-ebd4-4e25-a85f-3394aa1b6322"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB155"
source_hash: "4514288fe969d94e1e9315c29c74a16907f38cd987acf725e2253f5eb88471aa"
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 155 (2022rs) — Retirement System of Alabama, surviving spouse benefit of a retirement eligible member who dies in active service, benefit-option amended under District Attorneys' Plan, Judges' and Clerks' Plan, Teachers' and Employees' Retirement System, Secs. 12-17-277.6, 12-18-156, 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB155-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 216861-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/216861-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB155-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB155-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 59 — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 562 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 58 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 58 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 59 `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 562 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-184. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:24 p.m. on March 15, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd81dcea-ebd4-4e25-a85f-3394aa1b6322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).