---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime Victims Compensation Commission, compensation claims, authority to authorize executive director to approve any claims, contested cases under Ala. Admin. Procedure Act, commission to meet quarterly, Secs. 15-23-4, 15-23-5 am'd."
description: "Crime Victims Compensation Commission, compensation claims, authority to authorize executive director to approve any claims, contested cases under Ala. Admin. Procedure Act, commission to meet quarterly, Secs. 15-23-4, 15-23-5 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "Alabama SB 126 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims Compensation Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Whatley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6387898-8814-40fe-bf77-97abcf3fe769"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB126"
source_hash: "174e2aad1fa84907a97c390c55e69a0aad215ecd5ba2a8fd0ab48e3d187c719a"
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 126 (2022rs) — Crime Victims Compensation Commission, compensation claims, authority to authorize executive director to approve any claims, contested cases under Ala. Admin. Procedure Act, commission to meet quarterly, Secs. 15-23-4, 15-23-5 am'd.

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB126-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB126-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 309 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 675 — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Whatley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 309 `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 675 `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-196. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6387898-8814-40fe-bf77-97abcf3fe769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).