---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jefferson Co., Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, add'l assistant district attorney provided for, approval by Jefferson County Commission, Sec. 45-37-82.01 am'd."
description: "Jefferson Co., Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, add'l assistant district attorney provided for, approval by Jefferson County Commission, Sec. 45-37-82.01 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Alabama SB 265 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jefferson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760be95e-5dcc-4593-9284-9d3d911fef1e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB265"
source_hash: "3ce10ea15578249bcb23a99a0fe7c272c166978f500f45b8fefc60ceecbe3f87"
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 265 (2022rs) — Jefferson Co., Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, add'l assistant district attorney provided for, approval by Jefferson County Commission, Sec. 45-37-82.01 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/SB265-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219735-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219735-4.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB265-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1019 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 906 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1114 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1018 — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smitherman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 906 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1018 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1019 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1114 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-429. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/760be95e-5dcc-4593-9284-9d3d911fef1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).