---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mobile Co., judicial nominating commission established for circuit court and district court vacancies after January 2023, const. amend."
description: "Mobile Co., judicial nominating commission established for circuit court and district court vacancies after January 2023, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Alabama SB 227 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mobile County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Figures"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78262cc9-b52a-4100-b31e-26d54b7d4dc9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB227"
source_hash: "ea8e6b670170439b4d124ff22c7f514898e7548dc84218fdf327799ffb0c8d7f"
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 227 (2022rs) — Mobile Co., judicial nominating commission established for circuit court and district court vacancies after January 2023, 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB227-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB227-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 356 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Figures motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 357 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 560 — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Figures — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Mobile County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 356 `passage`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Figures motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 357
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Mobile County Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 560
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Jones (S) intended to vote "Yea"
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-118. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78262cc9-b52a-4100-b31e-26d54b7d4dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).