---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery Co. and municipalities with population of 5,000 or more, certain city employees, exempt , return to classified service, provided, Sec. 45-51A-32.113 am'd."
description: "Montgomery Co. and municipalities with population of 5,000 or more, certain city employees, exempt , return to classified service, provided, Sec. 45-51A-32.113 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Alabama SB 270 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hatcher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a36f60-b28f-42a9-b6b4-5d4e82515f76"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB270"
source_hash: "a0f281030474c728a7f4c0135486e2520b6b8d0c35bf571afb6ffd8d043d4aa7"
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 270 (2022rs) — Montgomery Co. and municipalities with population of 5,000 or more, certain city employees, exempt , return to classified service, provided, Sec. 45-51A-32.113 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/SB270-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219452-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219452-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB270-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB270-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 713 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 923 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Hatcher motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 712 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hatcher — 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 Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Hatcher motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 712 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 713 `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 Montgomery County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+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** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 923 `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-370. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54a36f60-b28f-42a9-b6b4-5d4e82515f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).