---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers' Retirement System, retirees and beneficiaries, one-time lump sum funded payment based on years of service, payment in fiscal year 2019"
description: "Teachers' Retirement System, retirees and beneficiaries, one-time lump sum funded payment based on years of service, payment in fiscal year 2019"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Alabama SB 21 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers Retirement System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dial"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ade9fd83-0593-4dd4-9d81-637f29c006ff"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB21"
source_hash: "58bed616712392e434c7b5364fe9bebaa597cf4be672cb16000b41e35cf1e074"
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 21 (2018rs) — Teachers' Retirement System, retirees and beneficiaries, one-time lump sum funded payment based on years of service, payment in fiscal year 2019

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB21-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB21-eng.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1069 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 1220 — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Dial motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1221 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 511 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 512 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1070 — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dial — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Dial first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 511 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 512 `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Rowe Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1069 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1070 `passage`
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Shiver and Jackson filed conflict of interest
- **2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Jackson intended to vote "Abstain"
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 1220
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Dial motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1221 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-493. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ade9fd83-0593-4dd4-9d81-637f29c006ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).