---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elected county superintendents of education; to remove the requirement that the salary of the superintendent be set before the beginning of the term of office; and to provide for a retroactive effective date."
description: "Elected county superintendents of education, requirement that salary be set before beginning of term removed retroactively to July 1, 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Alabama SB 279 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elected county superintendents of education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy Price"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T15:15:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a76b28a2-c10f-447c-bbee-52901f7ef243"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "e6a17b319ae3f39fb21e925f9dc5ccb06be20e92ffcfbb3010c00db17f147feb"
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 279 (2023rs) — Relating to elected county superintendents of education; to remove the requirement that the salary of the superintendent be set before the beginning of the term of office; and to provide for a retroactive effective date.

Elected county superintendents of education, requirement that salary be set before beginning of term removed retroactively to July 1, 2021

## 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/SB279-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277298.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB279-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1067 on SB279 (2023 Regular Session) — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 657 on SB279 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randy Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Education Policy) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Education Policy) `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
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06T15:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-410 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a76b28a2-c10f-447c-bbee-52901f7ef243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).