---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coal-Impacted Communities Economic and Workforce Development Grant program established, new fund created, distribution of rent and royalties of federal coal lease sales"
description: "Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "Alabama SB 155 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woods"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f726cbbe-877f-47f5-8d90-f0a2539a55d1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "ac119792611558fe1c282d54fe41740d7dcbdaeca8787b77981917348f0773b7"
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 155 (2026rs) — Coal-Impacted Communities Economic and Workforce Development Grant program established, new fund created, distribution of rent and royalties of federal coal lease sales

Economic Development

## 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/2026RS/SB155-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB155-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 545** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/I3I3T66-1.pdf)
4. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 328** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/ARDHWS7-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB155-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 578
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 546 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Holk-Jones intended to vote "Yea"
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 545
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Engrossed Substitute Offered (Ways and Means General Fund) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 329 `passage`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 328
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund 1st Amendment Offered (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund 1st Amendment (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f726cbbe-877f-47f5-8d90-f0a2539a55d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).