---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, runoff elections, to be held four weeks after municipal and special primary elections, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, 17-13-3 am'd."
description: "Elections, runoff elections, to be held four weeks after municipal and special primary elections, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, 17-13-3 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Alabama SB 31 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e443f21b-55bd-42ed-aab9-9ad2fac2eee6"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB31"
source_hash: "71b67d1c37d2c82ebed783195e885193bc85c1be059a0dbf80a50a6cf126b2ca"
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 31 (2021rs) — Elections, runoff elections, to be held four weeks after municipal and special primary elections, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, 17-13-3 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/SB31-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB31-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 105 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 583 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roberts — 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`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 105 `passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 583 `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-164. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e443f21b-55bd-42ed-aab9-9ad2fac2eee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).