---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation, individual required to search for work a certain number of times per week to be eligible to receive benefits, Sec. 25-4-77 am'd."
description: "Unemployment compensation, individual required to search for work a certain number of times per week to be eligible to receive benefits, Sec. 25-4-77 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Alabama SB 224 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eded0b87-c5ec-4d16-85d4-68f77cdc5464"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB224"
source_hash: "fdff4d3f7f7c6db292490657c292e87e3cb71221af40126faa52856d85b15a3c"
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 224 (2022rs) — Unemployment compensation, individual required to search for work a certain number of times per week to be eligible to receive benefits, Sec. 25-4-77 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/SB224-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219241-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219241-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219822-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219822-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219860-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219860-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 219927-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219927-2.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB224-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB224-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 931 — **65–27** (pass) · lower
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1033 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 933 — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- Kitchens motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 934 — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 935 — **76–24** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 691 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 692 — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 691 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 692 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Boyd 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 931 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 932 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Boyd 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Garrett motion to Table adopted Roll Call 933 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Kitchens motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 934
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 935 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1033 `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** Assigned Act No. 2022-301. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eded0b87-c5ec-4d16-85d4-68f77cdc5464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).