---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor organizations, employer's eligibility for economic development incentives conditioned upon employer refraining from certain practices relating to labor organizations, oversight provided"
description: "Labor & Employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Alabama SB 231 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T14:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c080c77-5fa1-4dba-a72f-1e65de2ba794"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "2b6a930fd9cfb32938585d28a62a205d0f2aa025bc7537ef05e565114c720289"
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 231 (2024rs) — Labor organizations, employer's eligibility for economic development incentives conditioned upon employer refraining from certain practices relating to labor organizations, oversight provided

Labor & Employment

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB231-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1545455.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1CK23LZ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/1CK23LZ-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment AFFNSSS-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/AFFNSSS-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment E4TLC99-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/E4TLC99-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment M9N911H-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/M9N911H-1.pdf)
7. **Amendment WY1U955-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/WY1U955-1.pdf)
8. **Conference Committee on SB231 Amendment ZVUBWKK-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/ZVUBWKK-1.pdf)
9. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB231-eng.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB231-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 727 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 729 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **72–30** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 533 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 728 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **75–21** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 535 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **23–5** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 1027 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1158 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **73–29** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 726 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 725 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **72–27** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 534 on SB231 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Stadthagen Concur In and Adopt Concurrence Request for Conference Committee - Adopted Roll Call 1158
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed Concur In and Adopt Conference Committee Report - Adopted Roll Call 1027
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Conference Committee on SB231)
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** In Conference Committee
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 729 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 728
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Colvin 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 727
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Sellers 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 726
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Wadsworth 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Commerce and Small Business)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Commerce and Small Business `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 535 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 534
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Table - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13T14:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-340 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c080c77-5fa1-4dba-a72f-1e65de2ba794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).