---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisoners, increases the money paid by the state to counties to feed prisoners and the money deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Alabama SB 149 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a307b28f-5c0f-4553-ae50-c6952ff77652"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3df842622f8ff5c698c41f7318ec1f1f8e193ab284cc99435148000831a2dd1c"
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 149 (2024rs) — Prisoners, increases the money paid by the state to counties to feed prisoners and the money deposited into the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund

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/SB149-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1540726.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 6M9A111-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/6M9A111-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB149-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB149-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 376 on SB149 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 856 on SB149 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 374 on SB149 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 375 on SB149 (2024 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 855 on SB149 (2024 Regular Session) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+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 856 `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 (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 376 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 375
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-251 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a307b28f-5c0f-4553-ae50-c6952ff77652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).