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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judges, vacancies, initial term of judges appt. to fill, further provided for, Amendment 328, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend."
+description: "Judges, vacancies, initial term of judges appt. to fill, further provided for, Amendment 328, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "HB 505"
+citation: "Alabama HB 505 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f47cbff-45c2-4420-b411-410c0602e8ec"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB505"
+source_hash: "ec3b162262c6343d5f32b7884529613c6fda21b9c5139cb36f2179f8744074fe"
+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 HB 505 (2019rs) — Judges, vacancies, initial term of judges appt. to fill, further provided for, Amendment 328, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amend.
+
+## 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/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB505-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 200327-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200327-1.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 201687-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201687-1.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB505-eng.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB505-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1455 — **27–4** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1031 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1030 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1029 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faulkner — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1029 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1030 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1031 `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Mooney intended to vote "Yea"
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Singleton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1455 `passage`
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-346. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:25 p.m. on May 31, 2019.
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f47cbff-45c2-4420-b411-410c0602e8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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