---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Alabama SB 42 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kitchens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67622caa-3afd-4f1b-adfa-a4ad7e54d030"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1b247f25502d5f8b39604971ec6ec4b274249e9edbf1bac0b013052016606c00"
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 42 (2026rs) — Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised

Counties & Municipalities

## 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/SB42-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB42-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kitchens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1229 `passage`
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 196 `passage`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `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/67622caa-3afd-4f1b-adfa-a4ad7e54d030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).