---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, magistrates and clerks of circuit and district courts, absolute judicial immunity granted under certain conditions"
description: "Courts, magistrates and clerks of circuit and district courts, absolute judicial immunity granted under certain conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Alabama SB 190 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f399d53-7b35-4b31-8200-ffd3c585dd17"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB190"
source_hash: "a35b716fd6f2c01c373ac33408f37b4b8af3c71d72ccdd950c7a1c2ced281b2e"
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 190 (2019rs) — Courts, magistrates and clerks of circuit and district courts, absolute judicial immunity granted under certain conditions

## 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/SB190-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198982-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198982-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB190-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB190-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 324 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 674 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 323 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coleman-Madison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 323 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 324 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 674 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-223. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f399d53-7b35-4b31-8200-ffd3c585dd17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).