---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of registrars, registrars, reallocation of days a registrar may annually work to another registrar, approval of county commission required, Sec. 17-3-8.1 added"
description: "Board of registrars, registrars, reallocation of days a registrar may annually work to another registrar, approval of county commission required, Sec. 17-3-8.1 added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Alabama SB 198 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Registrars"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hatcher"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/792d90f1-6067-47a3-9393-4da4d04926dd"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB198"
source_hash: "6662db3275dc7bc10fa8029a6e024bb0292407e53ac6e25c891c2c554a44f579"
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 198 (2022rs) — Board of registrars, registrars, reallocation of days a registrar may annually work to another registrar, approval of county commission required, Sec. 17-3-8.1 added

## 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/SB198-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB198-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 429 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 299 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+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 299 `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 429 `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-131. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/792d90f1-6067-47a3-9393-4da4d04926dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).