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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for"
+description: "Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "SB 279"
+citation: "Alabama SB 279 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB279"
+source_hash: "9bdaec060a2abc288ead0e9cf92e4886ba3d107f47ffc18f21830beee5ceee65"
+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 279 (2019rs) — Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for
+
+## 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/SB279-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 201163-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201163-4.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB279-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
+- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smitherman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 `passage`
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 `passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 `passage`
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-469. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+