---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clay Co., co. courthouse, removal of state courts from historical Clay Co. Courthouse prohibited, const. amend."
description: "Clay Co., co. courthouse, removal of state courts from historical Clay Co. Courthouse prohibited, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Alabama SB 81 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dial"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7de37ea1-3885-435c-a48b-0d1af61d7693"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB81"
source_hash: "6f9966c5fc6e59be34ad389c55da2b9825f62f63a0cc27bc1a6066a619fd3083"
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 81 (2018rs) — Clay Co., co. courthouse, removal of state courts from historical Clay Co. Courthouse prohibited, 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB81-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB81-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Johnson (R) motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 297 — **43–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 296 — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 104 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dial — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 104 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 296 `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Johnson (R) motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 297
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Secretary of State on February 13, 2018 at 4:08 pm on February 13, 2018
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-91. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7de37ea1-3885-435c-a48b-0d1af61d7693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).