republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2019rs/sb-279.md

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Bill	Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for	Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2019rs	SB 279	Alabama SB 279 (2019rs)	bill	Courts	enacted	Smitherman	3	16	4	2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB279	9bdaec060a2abc288ead0e9cf92e4886ba3d107f47ffc18f21830beee5ceee65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 279 (2019rs) — Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 201163-4 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 — 101–0 (pass) · lower
• Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smitherman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 passage
• 2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurrence Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Second House Amendment
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2019-469. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).