---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courts; to amend Section 12-19-210, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the expense allowance and mileage reimbursement paid to jurors by order or rule."
description: "Courts, increase the mileage reimbursement rate received by jurors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Alabama SB 99 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5dee491-71e2-4c57-a980-dec7f8d4bb17"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "284bf5b8de2f63d7c01c2a8f34c8d455ab60195dfc204b8426fc62b014aa0ee9"
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 99 (2023rs) — Relating to courts; to amend Section 12-19-210, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the expense allowance and mileage reimbursement paid to jurors by order or rule.

Courts, increase the mileage reimbursement rate received by jurors

## 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/SB99-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1277204.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 0I5K66-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/0I5K66-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB99-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB99-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1069 on SB99 (2023 Regular Session) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 557 on SB99 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 558 on SB99 (2023 Regular Session) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sam Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Ways and Means General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-02T17:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-403 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5dee491-71e2-4c57-a980-dec7f8d4bb17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).