---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Reporting, Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct. 1, 2024."
description: "Court Reporting, Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct. 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2020rs"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Alabama SB 17 (2020rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court Reporting", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chambliss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8ccc6a-a44e-4524-9f8c-5ba3446e8d38"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB17"
source_hash: "5b1fac7592bdfc26678d0cdc5d3ca97dcfa9dedcd61cb511f7033a3f9d7dfec5"
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 17 (2020rs) — Court Reporting, Board of, sunset law review, continued until Oct. 1, 2024.

## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB17-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/SB17-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 136 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 320 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 136 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 320 `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-42. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8ccc6a-a44e-4524-9f8c-5ba3446e8d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).