---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Judicial Resources Allocation, Chief Justice of Supreme Court authorized to reassign judges to other circuits, presiding circuit judge, authorized to reassign judges within circuit, Secs. 12-9A-7, 12-9A-8 added"
description: "Courts, Judicial Resources Allocation, Chief Justice of Supreme Court authorized to reassign judges to other circuits, presiding circuit judge, authorized to reassign judges within circuit, Secs. 12-9A-7, 12-9A-8 added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Alabama HB 68 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd8585a-61bb-4cd7-9bb3-337aec09e2c4"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB68"
source_hash: "a8230b1dbd026eb7e471509130c74806661c4d76431cc6eb378b3edd6183d4e6"
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 HB 68 (2018rs) — Courts, Judicial Resources Allocation, Chief Justice of Supreme Court authorized to reassign judges to other circuits, presiding circuit judge, authorized to reassign judges within circuit, Secs. 12-9A-7, 12-9A-8 added

## 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/HB68-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB68-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB68-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 440 — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Hill motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1078 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1030 — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Hill motion to Table adopted Roll Call 439 — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 441 — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1031 — **23–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — 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 House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Hill motion to Table adopted Roll Call 439 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Hill Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 440 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 441 `passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Ward Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1030 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1031 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Hill motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1078 `passage`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-567. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on March 28, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. on March 28, 2018. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bd8585a-61bb-4cd7-9bb3-337aec09e2c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).