---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Lauderdale County, to amend Section 45-39-100, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the compensation of the members and president of the county board of education; and to provide for the election and term of the president of the board."
description: "Lauderdale County, compensation of members and election of president of board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Alabama SB 303 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lauderdale County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Melson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-06T15:20:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa709df-eafa-4ada-aca4-af0fed38fb16"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "5349957abdafc2afa67f03c97c466fd7911b4bccdcb27380acf45e3fa0216a17"
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 303 (2023rs) — Relating to Lauderdale County, to amend Section 45-39-100, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the compensation of the members and president of the county board of education; and to provide for the election and term of the president of the board.

Lauderdale County, compensation of members and election of president of board

## 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/SB303-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277297.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB303-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1060 on SB303 (2023 Regular Session) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 833 on SB303 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Melson — 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
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Local Legislation) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Local Legislation ) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Local Legislation ) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06T15:20:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-411 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfa709df-eafa-4ada-aca4-af0fed38fb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).