---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Emergency Management; to amend Section 31-9-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide contract letting requirements for local emergency management organizations; to amend Section 31-9-60, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase supplemental funding for assistance to local emergency management organizations; to amend 31-9-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish standards for course work for local emergency management director certification; to amend Section 31-9-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to change salary supplements for local emergency management directors and revise local emergency management organization eligibility for federal funds; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
description: "Local Emergency Management Organizations, contract letting, director certification, salaries and federal funds further provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Alabama SB 22 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Emergency Management Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2591e764-445e-467e-9a83-513ed2bf7c48"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "633ac7f7504243d460e1b5e22da55c569d1b7f1a87f139e0e41cd4b52c753ef7"
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 22 (2023rs) — Relating to Emergency Management; to amend Section 31-9-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide contract letting requirements for local emergency management organizations; to amend Section 31-9-60, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase supplemental funding for assistance to local emergency management organizations; to amend 31-9-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish standards for course work for local emergency management director certification; to amend Section 31-9-62, Code of Alabama 1975, to change salary supplements for local emergency management directors and revise local emergency management organization eligibility for federal funds; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Local Emergency Management Organizations, contract letting, director certification, salaries and federal funds further provided for

## 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/SB22-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1262550.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6NBI31-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/6NBI31-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment QCG211-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/QCG211-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB22-eng.pdf)
6. **Ways and Means General Fund Amendment NDF7JJ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/NDF7JJ-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB22-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 67 on SB22 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 66 on SB22 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 521 on SB22 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 443 on SB22 (2023 Regular Session) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 444 on SB22 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-204 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2591e764-445e-467e-9a83-513ed2bf7c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).