---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, designated as an entity within the Judicial Branch of State Government"
description: "Authorities, Boards, & Commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Alabama HB 149 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill (J)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddf4cb65-46e7-4c22-ab95-bda438e3f0e9"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "3d2aae4e37d7b450228f192a2cd52ed06d349f6dd9118fb84499aebe625c7520"
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 149 (2026rs) — Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, designated as an entity within the Judicial Branch of State Government

Authorities, Boards, & Commissions

## 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/2026RS/HB149-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB149-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hill (J) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 268 `passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 171 `passage`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+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/ddf4cb65-46e7-4c22-ab95-bda438e3f0e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).