---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Department of Corrections; to add Section 14-1-25 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the Department of Corrections may expend funds to further the mission of the department."
description: "Department of Corrections, to provide that the department may expend funds to further the mission of the department"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Alabama SB 184 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Albritton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a17f01f-e010-4c1b-b63f-555a0fcebf23"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "9b835410d1fbd14de54fb90942c4ef884159e2e2e196b9d47aa832783bf07643"
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 184 (2023rs) — Relating to the Department of Corrections; to add Section 14-1-25 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the Department of Corrections may expend funds to further the mission of the department.

Department of Corrections, to provide that the department may expend funds to further the mission of the department

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB184-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1285186.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment T7ZZ15-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/T7ZZ15-1.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB184-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 672 on SB184 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1075 on SB184 (2023 Regular Session) — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1076 on SB184 (2023 Regular Session) — **77–25** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1167 on SB184 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-463 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a17f01f-e010-4c1b-b63f-555a0fcebf23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).