---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meetings of governmental bodies, with members from two or more counties, participation by electronic means authorized under certain conditions, may be counted for a quorum, means of access required to be published, Sec. 36-25A-5.1 am'd."
description: "Meetings of governmental bodies, with members from two or more counties, participation by electronic means authorized under certain conditions, may be counted for a quorum, means of access required to be published, Sec. 36-25A-5.1 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Alabama SB 147 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324e36d0-6a5d-467b-b160-75e4a3b643c1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB147"
source_hash: "e62ed33835d2da7ad2b2b9177e3d2ab77b7d17868fb7e4f4bfc3b8f5ddbf3d09"
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 147 (2022rs) — Meetings of governmental bodies, with members from two or more counties, participation by electronic means authorized under certain conditions, may be counted for a quorum, means of access required to be published, Sec. 36-25A-5.1 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/SB147-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217200-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217200-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 217908-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217908-2.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 218664-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218664-4.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 218825-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218825-1.pdf)
6. **Amd/Sub 219536-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219536-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB147-eng.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB147-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 960 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 692 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 693 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 156 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 155 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 155 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 156 `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** State Government 1ST Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 692 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** State Government 2ND Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 693 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to withdraw his amendment adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote 904 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Voice Vote 905 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 960 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** State Government second Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor at 2:04 p.m. on April 6, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-421. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/324e36d0-6a5d-467b-b160-75e4a3b643c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).