---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personnel Department, to require director to regularly assess job requirements and remove college degree when practicable"
description: "Government Administration; State & State Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Alabama SB 55 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb2ee8a-f875-49c0-b501-b8edcc2d4c1d"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ea12d78d8c3b077eefb622b39dc33bf39884565e9c634d00206a1fda9cbe0b95"
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 55 (2024rs) — Personnel Department, to require director to regularly assess job requirements and remove college degree when practicable

Government Administration; State & State Officers

## 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/SB55-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1547902.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB55-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 54 on SB55 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1152 on SB55 (2024 Regular Session) — **86–5** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1153 on SB55 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 53 on SB55 (2024 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1153 on SB55 (2024 Regular Session) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+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** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1154 `passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 54 `passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Governmental Affairs)
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Governmental Affairs)
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15T15:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-354 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb2ee8a-f875-49c0-b501-b8edcc2d4c1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).