---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, const. amend."
description: "Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Alabama SB 196 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a7320e-dd4b-4d04-91db-b4602faaf9d3"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB196"
source_hash: "f25f561657e12b89a065deaf85bc59688ab5e7cc25e3e8ac094a55f28b644641"
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 196 (2022rs) — Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, const. amend.

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB196-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB196-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 297 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 297 `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Voice Vote 918 `passage`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-256. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a7320e-dd4b-4d04-91db-b4602faaf9d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).