---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts, exemption from certain bid requirements for certain educational entities providing meals under the Child Nutrition Program, Secs. 16-13B-2.1, 41-16-51.2 added."
description: "Public contracts, exemption from certain bid requirements for certain educational entities providing meals under the Child Nutrition Program, Secs. 16-13B-2.1, 41-16-51.2 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Alabama SB 72 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b6f95c8-a3b8-41cb-bb71-617407d2627d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB72"
source_hash: "4985169b4b527864c1015597aae065d000b82db934e6b9d4cc3a91914448cbe1"
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 72 (2022rs) — Public contracts, exemption from certain bid requirements for certain educational entities providing meals under the Child Nutrition Program, Secs. 16-13B-2.1, 41-16-51.2 added.

## 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/SB72-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218844-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218844-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB72-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 763 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 681 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 33 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 680 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 33 `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+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** Wilcox Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 680 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 681 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 763 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-264. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b6f95c8-a3b8-41cb-bb71-617407d2627d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).