republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-198.md

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Alabama SB 198 (2019rs) — Courts, Administrative Director of Courts, appointment by the Supreme Court of Alabama, procedure established

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 199477-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 200234-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amd/Sub 200673-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 680 — 97–4 (pass) · lower
• Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 427 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1263 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Chestnut motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 849 House appoints Hill, Jones (M) and Chestnut — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 428 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 679 — 94–3 (pass) · lower
• Orr motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 816 P&PO appoints Orr, Givhan and Singleton — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 432 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 433 — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Chestnut motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1155 — 88–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 427 amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 428 passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to adopted Voice Vote
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Orr Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 432 amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 433 passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 679 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 680 passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Non Concur and Appoint Conference Committee adopted Roll Call 816 P&PO appoints Orr, Givhan and Singleton
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee Requested
• 2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Chestnut motion to Accede adopted Roll Call 849 House appoints Hill, Jones (M) and Chestnut
• 2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Report
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1263 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Chestnut motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1155 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Conference Report
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 11:23 a.m. on May 30, 2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-497. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a48df2ca-750e-4a66-8539-f8c7ad1dfd39. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).