---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restoration of Voting Rights; Pardons and Paroles Board required to post application for individuals seeking restoration; board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored"
description: "Elections, Voting, & Campaigns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Alabama SB 24 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d06662fd-4796-440f-8b87-68748b50c4a7"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8177fc4cc9dfc14317dd8d1596adadd84ca2dc628b672c970b89abbe5757f105"
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 24 (2026rs) — Restoration of Voting Rights; Pardons and Paroles Board required to post application for individuals seeking restoration; board required to notify individuals and Secretary of State when voting rights restored

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/2026RS/SB24-int.pdf)
2. **Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 502** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/PS8IDEE-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB24-eng.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/QNGDT54-1.pdf)
5. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/XDWFS7Z-1.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB24-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Coleman-Madison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1266
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1315 `passage`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1314
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Clarke 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1313
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 503 `passage`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 502
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute Offered (Judiciary) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+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
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Judiciary 1st Substitute (Judiciary)
- **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 Senate 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/d06662fd-4796-440f-8b87-68748b50c4a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).