---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and municipalities; compensation of local officials, revised"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 259"
citation: "Alabama SB 259 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Singleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db57e7fb-3e7e-40ae-b1a1-511ea1c9db36"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "75e86fdaa34d0f85d59270616150dcf86196f209b015b78996df316a865c9f43"
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 259 (2026rs) — Counties and municipalities; compensation of local officials, revised

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/2026RS/SB259-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB259-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 631** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/ZQHFYWK-1.pdf)
4. **Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/JP8JKYY-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB259-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 665
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 632 `passage`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 631
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Lee 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 391 `passage`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 390
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Amendment (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/db57e7fb-3e7e-40ae-b1a1-511ea1c9db36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).