---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baldwin Co., judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, const. amend."
description: "Baldwin Co., judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Alabama SB 331 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Baldwin County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5ec05a-6de2-43f9-acb6-642438ba3957"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB331"
source_hash: "128f9b9acdb11ef51e22591f318fce55e0824ddb437b0c271fdd2ce33204612c"
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 331 (2019rs) — Baldwin Co., judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, 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/SB331-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB331-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Application Resolution submitted Roll Call 869 — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Simpson motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 868 — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 651 — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- Local Application Resolution submitted Roll Call 859 — **35–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 858 — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 652 — **21–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 651 `passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 652
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Baldwin County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** McMillan motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 858 `passage`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Local Application Resolution submitted Roll Call 859
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Simpson motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 868
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Local Application Resolution submitted Roll Call 869
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-229. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 9:53 a.m. on May 23, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf5ec05a-6de2-43f9-acb6-642438ba3957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).