---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database; Secretary of State authorized to update lists using other databases"
description: "Elections, Voting, & Campaigns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Alabama SB 142 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cf2957e-af59-45a6-b9a5-00806a6e96d9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "a8a778324fd2a46eec84a3b052931009c4c966eee42a67e8027f379e9223ed81"
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 142 (2025rs) — Voting, statewide voter registration database, identifying voter address changes, Electronic Registration Information Center removed as verification database; Secretary of State authorized to update lists using other databases

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/2025RS/SB142-int.pdf)
2. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/G3VXR6C-1.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB142-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+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
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Kitchens Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1052
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1221 `passage`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1220
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections 1st Substitute Offered (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections 1st Substitute (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 758 `passage`
- **2025-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Petition to Cease Debate - Adopted Roll Call 757
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/6cf2957e-af59-45a6-b9a5-00806a6e96d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).