republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-216.md

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Bill	Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend.	Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 216	Alabama SB 216 (2019rs)	bill	Constitutional Amendments	enacted	Orr	5	17	4	2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/10d31d50-3a0c-4e7a-a4a2-b146e25f9393	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB216	1f74d5a8e85107bafa4e8419de2c8f739db2321ed5c8577a31e4ea4d22329a5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 216 (2019rs) — Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 199074-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amd/Sub 201045-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 676 — 18–73 (fail) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 677 — 92–6 (pass) · lower
• Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 430 — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 — 28–0 (pass) · upper

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
• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+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 Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 430 amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 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 reading-2
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Hill Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 676 amendment-failure
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 677 passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-187. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10d31d50-3a0c-4e7a-a4a2-b146e25f9393. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).