---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot"
description: "Elections, Voting, & Campaigns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Alabama SB 324 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merika Coleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b04d0ba1-fd3a-4f24-90f3-2bff4da3f417"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "dcdd0ffe581bfb1a98d149713d40aead423a3801698f4c141a0120acdfbfa1ee"
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 324 (2024rs) — Elections; revise dates for submissions to qualify on ballot

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB324-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1537125.AI1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB324-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 1020 on SB324 (2024 Regular Session) — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 669 on SB324 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 670 on SB324 (2024 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1021 on SB324 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1021 on SB324 (2024 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Merika Coleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1022 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 670 `passage`
- **2024-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02T19:05:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-168 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b04d0ba1-fd3a-4f24-90f3-2bff4da3f417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).