---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates, probate court proceedings, notice requirements to Alabama Medicaid Agency, provided, probate proceedings, further provided"
description: "Estates, probate court proceedings, notice requirements to Alabama Medicaid Agency, provided, probate proceedings, further provided"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Alabama SB 76 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wills and Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569bb547-df13-4806-9ccb-e44861df144e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB76"
source_hash: "cf6310b75960b6092dbb55ff2986c0f5ef0c3dfc6b1312da1286ca24993ab4b4"
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 76 (2019rs) — Estates, probate court proceedings, notice requirements to Alabama Medicaid Agency, provided, probate proceedings, further provided

## 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/SB76-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198529-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198529-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199410-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199410-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 201541-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201541-2.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 202366-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/202366-1.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB76-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB76-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1276 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1277 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 276 — **24–3** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1481 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1278 — **98–3** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 133 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 275 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 133 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 275 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 276 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ways and Means General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Clouse motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1276 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Allen Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1277 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1278 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1481 `passage`
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-489. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569bb547-df13-4806-9ccb-e44861df144e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).