---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote"
description: "Counties & Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Alabama SB 93 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties & Municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26ac047-774d-45f8-b28e-97eb3c85627c"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "8b6aa20a77d3761c447e5e6e717eaa2f7f423122bab9e747a88ad8650c063417"
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 93 (2026rs) — Municipalities; mayor in municipality with even number of council members required to break tie vote

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/SB93-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB93-eng.pdf)
3. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/FKWBQ55-1.pdf)
4. **Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/QNWK951-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/SB93-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Melson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1330 `passage`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (County and Municipal Government)
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 77 `passage`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 76
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 2nd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Melson motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 75
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Melson 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+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/d26ac047-774d-45f8-b28e-97eb3c85627c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).