---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to marital and domestic relations; to amend Section 30-5-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for exemption from court costs and fees for certain actions related to protection orders."
description: "Courts, exempted motions of contempt of a previously ordered protection from abuse judgment from having to pay court costs or filing fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Alabama SB 14 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clyde Chambliss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8271076-4b14-400d-935d-da9543e04722"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "0b455d48b5f83255891a0f39492a9c7b702796a457293a3ba53abb42dbbbcc5a"
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 14 (2023rs) — Relating to marital and domestic relations; to amend Section 30-5-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for exemption from court costs and fees for certain actions related to protection orders.

Courts, exempted motions of contempt of a previously ordered protection from abuse judgment from having to pay court costs or filing fees

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB14-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271901.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment ID926** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB14-ID926.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB14-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 46 on SB14 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 277 on SB14 (2023 Regular Session) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 470 on SB14 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 906 on SB14 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clyde Chambliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive Amendment
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over (Ways and Means General Fund)
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** READ A THIRD TIME AND PASSED
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-05-30T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-321 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8271076-4b14-400d-935d-da9543e04722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).