---
type: "Bill"
title: "National Guard; legal services office and legal assistance program created"
description: "Military"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Alabama SB 198 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b087d536-9713-4e39-b961-e196160ddeab"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "fe708ff6e92c37392e844dc9acfb9c52ffd6db710bb65b7de044e42c45bd0da4"
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 198 (2025rs) — National Guard; legal services office and legal assistance program created

Military

## 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/SB198-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB198-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 507 `passage`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Military and Veterans' Affairs)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 306 `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety)
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety `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/b087d536-9713-4e39-b961-e196160ddeab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).