---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal elections, dates for, revised, terms of existing mayors and council extended to 2025 with certain exceptions, ballot printing requirements further provided for, time frames for run-off elections specified, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-22, 11-46-25, 11-46-26, 11-46-55, 17-11-12 am'd."
description: "Municipal elections, dates for, revised, terms of existing mayors and council extended to 2025 with certain exceptions, ballot printing requirements further provided for, time frames for run-off elections specified, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-22, 11-46-25, 11-46-26, 11-46-55, 17-11-12 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Alabama SB 119 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6da8521-0fd6-43d3-86f7-de77c28647a9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB119"
source_hash: "f59bb19179489e8e25db4934059696c025797879b5982c4edf4d730d8012fb73"
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 119 (2021rs) — Municipal elections, dates for, revised, terms of existing mayors and council extended to 2025 with certain exceptions, ballot printing requirements further provided for, time frames for run-off elections specified, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-22, 11-46-25, 11-46-26, 11-46-55, 17-11-12 am'd.

## 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/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB119-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211015-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211015-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB119-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB119-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 335 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 448 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 536 — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 335 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 448 `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 536 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-157. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6da8521-0fd6-43d3-86f7-de77c28647a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).