republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/sb-196.md

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Bill	Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, const. amend.	Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, const. amend.	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2022rs	SB 196	Alabama SB 196 (2022rs)	bill	Constitutional Amendments	enacted	Livingston	2	12	1	2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c5a7320e-dd4b-4d04-91db-b4602faaf9d3	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB196	f25f561657e12b89a065deaf85bc59688ab5e7cc25e3e8ac094a55f28b644641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 196 (2022rs) — Death sentences, Governor required to provide prior notice when granting a reprieve or commutation to Attorney General and to family member of victim, 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 297 — 27–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Livingston — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 297 passage
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Voice Vote 918 passage
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2022-256. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5a7320e-dd4b-4d04-91db-b4602faaf9d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).