---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial compensation, to establish a uniform pay plan for circuit judges, district judges, appellate court judges, supreme court justices, and the chief justice of the supreme court, eliminate salary supplements and expense allowance, Sec. 12-17-68 repealed; Secs. 12-17-182, 36-15-3 am'd."
description: "Judicial compensation, to establish a uniform pay plan for circuit judges, district judges, appellate court judges, supreme court justices, and the chief justice of the supreme court, eliminate salary supplements and expense allowance, Sec. 12-17-68 repealed; Secs. 12-17-182, 36-15-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Alabama SB 292 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albritton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4fd039d-4cd1-4d82-b5fe-794fe705a324"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB292"
source_hash: "e65d452b6dbd944934e5879556db3057b2a864925faf04c72d4f32354072f51e"
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 292 (2021rs) — Judicial compensation, to establish a uniform pay plan for circuit judges, district judges, appellate court judges, supreme court justices, and the chief justice of the supreme court, eliminate salary supplements and expense allowance, Sec. 12-17-68 repealed; Secs. 12-17-182, 36-15-3 am'd.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/SB292-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 212368-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212368-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 213731-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213731-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 213925-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/213925-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB292-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB292-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1297 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 873 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1057 — **88–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1059 — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 764 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1058 — **86–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albritton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rereferred to Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Finance and Taxation General Fund Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 764 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Albritton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 873 `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1297 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1057 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Pettus Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 1058 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1059 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Marques intended to vote "Yea"
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-441. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4fd039d-4cd1-4d82-b5fe-794fe705a324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).