---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Estates; summary distribution for small estates; amount increased; Probate court authorized to manage process"
description: "Property & Estates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Alabama HB 164 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property & Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faulkner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e331dab-30f8-40ff-a791-ccbd409f63fa"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "517ae30ea0382d4f2c1f7c686bfc220df1813ec2bc8a3a00d55c970f2bb6b86b"
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 HB 164 (2025rs) — Small Estates; summary distribution for small estates; amount increased; Probate court authorized to manage process

Property & Estates

## 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/2025RS/HB164-int.pdf)
2. **Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/YMKZM6N-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB164-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faulkner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1234
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1008 `passage`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Smitherman motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1007
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Amendment (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 164 `passage`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e331dab-30f8-40ff-a791-ccbd409f63fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).