---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment"
description: "Constitutional Amendments Statewide"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Alabama SB 271 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments Statewide"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b29bdf87-386d-437d-85d2-80181bb37eb7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "4af5fcdd281a049d7d672e924cbe32d8cce5b0461f29f88fae2462bc77e96deb"
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 271 (2026rs) — Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

Constitutional Amendments Statewide

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB271-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB271-eng.pdf)
3. **Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/2JZRHII-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1090** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/NRP36J8-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB271-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Sent to Secretary of State
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment to SB271
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1091 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1090
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 485 `passage`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Governmental Affairs)
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Governmental Affairs)
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b29bdf87-386d-437d-85d2-80181bb37eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).