republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/sb-256.md

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Bill	Wills and estates, will contests, probate courts jurisdiction, removed to circuit courts under certain conditions	Wills and estates, will contests, probate courts jurisdiction, removed to circuit courts under certain conditions	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2022rs	SB 256	Alabama SB 256 (2022rs)	bill	Estates	enacted	Barfoot	4	15	3	2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8a440cc8-3bb0-4d48-814c-922668e56e33	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB256	49c6e316027028d07df73a15f260357d93469d79340835c18068856c57b56ca3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 256 (2022rs) — Wills and estates, will contests, probate courts jurisdiction, removed to circuit courts under certain conditions

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 218673-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 754 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 992 — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 755 — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barfoot — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and reading-2
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Judiciary first Substitute Offered amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Barfoot motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 754 amendment-passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 755 passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 992 passage
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2022-427. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a440cc8-3bb0-4d48-814c-922668e56e33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).