---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend."
description: "Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Alabama HB 388 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0425b90c-6421-4a42-9084-135d5825edda"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB388"
source_hash: "3a73917b3a3e00ed7af2f6d25e6f99e5a937ec18a9fff306ffe696f7e49a0628"
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 388 (2021rs) — Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB388-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/HB388-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 — **75–24** (pass) · lower
- Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 652 — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 — **25–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carns motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 652
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 `passage`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-284. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 1:38 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0425b90c-6421-4a42-9084-135d5825edda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).