---
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).