---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Administrative Director of Courts, appointment by the Supreme Court of Alabama, procedure established"
description: "Courts, Administrative Director of Courts, appointment by the Supreme Court of Alabama, procedure established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Alabama SB 198 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a48df2ca-750e-4a66-8539-f8c7ad1dfd39"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB198"
source_hash: "2b5c12beaa03142e61fcb54f7b78e55350a2a7d7772d309f5ba44e4433629c18"
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 198 (2019rs) — Courts, Administrative Director of Courts, appointment by the Supreme Court of Alabama, procedure established

## 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/SB198-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199477-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199477-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200234-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200234-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200673-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200673-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB198-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB198-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 680 — **97–4** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 427 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1263 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Chestnut motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 849 House appoints Hill, Jones (M) and Chestnut — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 428 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 679 — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 816 P&PO appoints Orr, Givhan and Singleton — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 432 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 433 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Chestnut motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1155 — **88–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orr — 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`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 427 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 428 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 432 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 433 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 679 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 680 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 816 P&PO appoints Orr, Givhan and Singleton
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Requested
- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 849 House appoints Hill, Jones (M) and Chestnut
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1263 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1155 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Conference Report
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 11:23 a.m. on May 30, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-497. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a48df2ca-750e-4a66-8539-f8c7ad1dfd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).