republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-72.md

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Bill	State employees, lump sum merit reward payments for full-time employees at top of pay ranges authorized, Sec. 36-26-48 added	State employees, lump sum merit reward payments for full-time employees at top of pay ranges authorized, Sec. 36-26-48 added	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 72	Alabama SB 72 (2019rs)	bill	State Employees	enacted	Orr	4	15	3	2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/968f0643-bfdd-4d53-b349-1398bfbacf37	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB72	bec69d9d41b4bf754a257c5a30f7e2bcd9d1cad51f3185b3ce9ecabe715a0f82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 72 (2019rs) — State employees, lump sum merit reward payments for full-time employees at top of pay ranges authorized, Sec. 36-26-48 added

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 198405-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 929 — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 565 — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 564 — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Finance and Taxation General Fund Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 564 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 565 passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 929 passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-397. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/968f0643-bfdd-4d53-b349-1398bfbacf37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).