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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Court costs, civil cases, docket fee, waiver for substantial hardship, verified statement required, procedures, Sec. 12-19-70 am'd."
+description: "Court costs, civil cases, docket fee, waiver for substantial hardship, verified statement required, procedures, Sec. 12-19-70 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "SB 30"
+citation: "Alabama SB 30 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Court Costs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7533381-4c3c-4ba5-b90e-2179b293aa65"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB30"
+source_hash: "6a2d5cd0df2966c372fabf067de2d4ee19b424189d9d8fcb0387443b61e73498"
+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 30 (2019rs) — Court costs, civil cases, docket fee, waiver for substantial hardship, verified statement required, procedures, Sec. 12-19-70 am'd.
+
+## 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/SB30-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 197524-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/197524-2.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 197988-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/197988-1.pdf)
+4. **Amd/Sub 198093-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198093-1.pdf)
+5. **Amd/Sub 198366-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198366-1.pdf)
+6. **Amd/Sub 199041-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199041-2.pdf)
+7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB30-eng.pdf)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB30-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 48 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 49 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 65 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 47 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 46 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 64 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 905 — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 906 — **53–0** (pass) · lower
+- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1180 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ward — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Judiciary as Favorable with 2 amendments `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 46 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 47 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 48 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 49 `passage`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Table adopted Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 64 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 65 `passage`
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `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** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 905 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 906 `passage`
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1180 `passage`
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-373. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7533381-4c3c-4ba5-b90e-2179b293aa65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+