republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2021rs/hb-388.md

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Bill	Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend.	Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2021rs	HB 388	Alabama HB 388 (2021rs)	bill	Constitutional Amendments	enacted	Carns	2	16	3	2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00	2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0425b90c-6421-4a42-9084-135d5825edda	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB388	3a73917b3a3e00ed7af2f6d25e6f99e5a937ec18a9fff306ffe696f7e49a0628	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 388 (2021rs) — Elections, requires implementation date of any legislation affecting conduct of general election to be at least six months before general election, const. amend.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 — 75–24 (pass) · lower
• Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 652 — 72–26 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 — 25–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carns — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Carried Over
• 2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carns motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 652
• 2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 653 passage
• 2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2021-284. executive-signature
• 2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Secretary of State at 1:38 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0425b90c-6421-4a42-9084-135d5825edda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).