---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alabama State University, board of trustees, meetings by electronic means, including for establishment of quorum, further provided for, Sec. 16-50-26 am'd."
description: "Alabama State University, board of trustees, meetings by electronic means, including for establishment of quorum, further provided for, Sec. 16-50-26 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Alabama SB 159 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alabama State University"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186329f2-5308-4646-a85a-5265afb4ff83"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB159"
source_hash: "1defedcb8cb2478757ef0af0598daaea0a474ec2135e086d3e754c06b380262a"
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 159 (2022rs) — Alabama State University, board of trustees, meetings by electronic means, including for establishment of quorum, further provided for, Sec. 16-50-26 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/SB159-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217453-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217453-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB159-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB159-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 686 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 167 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 168 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Singleton — 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 `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 167 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 168 `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+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 `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 686 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-198. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/186329f2-5308-4646-a85a-5265afb4ff83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).