---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dallas Co., judge of probate, add'l expense allowance and salary"
description: "Dallas Co., judge of probate, add'l expense allowance and salary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Alabama SB 53 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dallas County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanders-Fortier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b39c610-2e01-419f-bdb4-6d83a462029a"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB53"
source_hash: "4320f4a8e9dbd3c76d86e96507c22934ff0419b7b29a0c9d1cd6c01a8ff76933"
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 53 (2021rs) — Dallas Co., judge of probate, add'l expense allowance and salary

## 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/SB53-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB53-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 647 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 717 — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sanders-Fortier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 647 `passage`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 717 `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-247. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b39c610-2e01-419f-bdb4-6d83a462029a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).