---
type: "Bill"
title: "Airports, Alabama Airport Economic and Infrastructure Program, established within Transportation Dept., grants for improvements"
description: "Airports, Alabama Airport Economic and Infrastructure Program, established within Transportation Dept., grants for improvements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Alabama SB 83 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b0532ab-a64d-42e1-93d5-d72375e7f76d"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB83"
source_hash: "4f7a2bb54a56a0ac4024d9c8724d4637e9ab17188e2be11b6564ae7ed10b66a6"
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 83 (2022rs) — Airports, Alabama Airport Economic and Infrastructure Program, established within Transportation Dept., grants for improvements

## 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/SB83-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 217728-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/217728-2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB83-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 141 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 513 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 512 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Melson motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 585 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melson — 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 Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 141 `passage`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 512 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 513 `passage`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 585 `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-180. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b0532ab-a64d-42e1-93d5-d72375e7f76d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).