---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal officials, requires officials to participate in training"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Alabama SB 291 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.T. 'Jabo' Waggoner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc91f26f-25b0-47dd-ac75-e1ed304c8cba"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "64aa5cac919033dfe7219933fe0a05d0a355a067298d07a706dd640d72c99632"
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 291 (2024rs) — Municipal officials, requires officials to participate in training

Counties & Municipalities

## 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/SB291-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1538405.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 2AMYKSI-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/2AMYKSI-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment MFJD1HH-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/MFJD1HH-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB291-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB291-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 851 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 529 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 531 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 530 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 852 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 532 on SB291 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.T. 'Jabo' Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 852 `passage`
- **2024-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **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 (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `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 532 `passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 531
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Elliott 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 530
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T17:15:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-194 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc91f26f-25b0-47dd-ac75-e1ed304c8cba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).