---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington County, judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, Constitutional Amendment"
description: "Covington County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 84"
citation: "Alabama HB 84 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Covington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hammett (M)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/440b9f3e-6f4b-4e0b-b8f3-69bcea403893"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "662031b10e6cd1f711edeedc8009307b243e0de3adfdc71bf1aae0f0d4b0e77d"
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 84 (2026rs) — Covington County, judge of probate authorized to exercise equity jurisdiction under certain conditions, Constitutional Amendment

Covington County

## 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/HB84-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB84-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hammett (M) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Sent to Secretary of State
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Chambliss Local Certification Resolution - Adopted Roll Call 97
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 96 `passage`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation )
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Local Legislation )
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** LocalCertificationResolutionAdopted
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 39 `passage`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Local Legislation)
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Local Legislation)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Local Legislation `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/440b9f3e-6f4b-4e0b-b8f3-69bcea403893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).