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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-7-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any approved electronic vote counting system used in an election to require the use of paper ballots; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
+description: "Electronic vote counting system, use of a paper ballot required"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2023rs"
+identifier: "SB 9"
+citation: "Alabama SB 9 (2023rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic vote counting system"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Chambliss"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-30T13:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9036378d-f129-46d1-b6ec-d9afdfdfcd39"
+source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
+source_hash: "fbf0e33c94b1279c4d3f3a503019a9c021c1e8accda83d007165230fdb803e5c"
+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 9 (2023rs) — Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-7-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any approved electronic vote counting system used in an election to require the use of paper ballots; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
+
+Electronic vote counting system, use of a paper ballot required
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB9-int.pdf)
+2. **Act 2023-320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271900.AI1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment ID1395** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB9-ID1395.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB9-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Roll of the S for Vote 647 on SB9 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll of the H for Vote 495 on SB9 (2023 Regular Session) — **78–27** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the H for Vote 907 on SB9 (2023 Regular Session) — **96–3** (pass) · lower
+- Roll of the S for Vote 59 on SB9 (2023 Regular Session) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clyde Chambliss — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
+- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
+- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
+- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections) `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
+- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (State Governmental Affairs) `introduction, referral`
+- **2023-05-30T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-320 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9036378d-f129-46d1-b6ec-d9afdfdfcd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+