---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program authorized"
description: "Agriculture & Forestry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Alabama SB 288 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture & Forestry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d3048d-2494-4aff-98d4-0115516d88c7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "7748a444fba9f35c0029378fab5db79d6c3be091ad5ab91cb289048f56610955"
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 288 (2026rs) — Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program authorized

Agriculture & Forestry

## 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/SB288-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB288-eng.pdf)
3. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 490** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/NRVG6J8-1.pdf)
4. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/G3J3ZC6-1.pdf)
5. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/2JZ1MSI-1.pdf)
6. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/V7EK3PV-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB288-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1128
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1188 `passage`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1187
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government Engrossed Substitute Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 509 `passage`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 508
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 507
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 490
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute Offered (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Substitute (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `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/65d3048d-2494-4aff-98d4-0115516d88c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).