republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-288.md

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Bill	Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program authorized	Agriculture & Forestry	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 288	Alabama SB 288 (2026rs)	bill	Agriculture & Forestry	enacted	Melson	7	29	0	2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/65d3048d-2494-4aff-98d4-0115516d88c7	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	7748a444fba9f35c0029378fab5db79d6c3be091ad5ab91cb289048f56610955	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 490 (committee substitute) — source
4. Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 507 (committee substitute) — source
5. Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 508 (committee substitute) — source
6. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1187 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/65d3048d-2494-4aff-98d4-0115516d88c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).