republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2018rs/sb-38.md

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Bill	Judges, private, types of cases expanded, Secs. 12-11A-2, 12-11A-4 am'd.	Judges, private, types of cases expanded, Secs. 12-11A-2, 12-11A-4 am'd.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2018rs	SB 38	Alabama SB 38 (2018rs)	bill	Judges	enacted	Ward	3	17	3	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/de125ef8-9652-4a11-923f-0b30248dff51	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB38	5549a0e329c6b0a4aa84ae0a2aa52ebdaa852aaf47dc75ef05e9720eb0ed7cc4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 38 (2018rs) — Judges, private, types of cases expanded, Secs. 12-11A-2, 12-11A-4 am'd.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 372 — 25–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 371 — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Ward motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 371 amendment-passage
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 372 passage
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Givan intended to vote "Yea"
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 4:34 p.m. on March 21, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2018-384. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de125ef8-9652-4a11-923f-0b30248dff51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).