---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to judges; to provide for additional circuit judgeships and additional district judgeships; to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefits of the judges; to prohibit the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission from reallocating any vacant judgeships until January 1, 2027; and to require the Administrative Office of Courts to provide certain statistical data annually."
description: "Courts, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, compensation, benefits, duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Alabama SB 39 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T14:45:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28294fa9-720c-4f87-9060-43c99ff2995f"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3bab3e6d4b85310ba32b11f9846f42141969c9ebd4643dabf01011402e41c0a7"
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 39 (2023rs) — Relating to judges; to provide for additional circuit judgeships and additional district judgeships; to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefits of the judges; to prohibit the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission from reallocating any vacant judgeships until January 1, 2027; and to require the Administrative Office of Courts to provide certain statistical data annually.

Courts, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, compensation, benefits, duties

## 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/SB39-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1271932.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment GPJU6C-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/GPJU6C-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment VTRGPL-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/VTRGPL-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB39-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB39-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 800 on SB39 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 640 on SB39 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 641 on SB39 (2023 Regular Session) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Judiciary) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Table
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-30T14:45:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-315 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28294fa9-720c-4f87-9060-43c99ff2995f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).