---
type: "Bill"
title: "William Jelks Cabaniss, Jr., death mourned"
description: "Resolutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SJR 7"
citation: "Alabama SJR 7 (2025rs)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: ["Resolutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waggoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a0d0c4-9958-4388-9973-f2549d04c7c1"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "d387c43b98cf809a9553a02825b64eb3349b597c74ef8c9b71122819d4842c32"
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 SJR 7 (2025rs) — William Jelks Cabaniss, Jr., death mourned

Resolutions

## 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/SJR7-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SJR7-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Waggoner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Rules (Rules) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Rules)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the House and referred to the House committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Waggoner motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0a0d0c4-9958-4388-9973-f2549d04c7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).