republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2024rs/sb-186.md

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Bill	Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act	Elections, Voting, & Campaigns	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2024rs	SB 186	Alabama SB 186 (2024rs)	bill	Elections	enacted	Arthur Orr	5	21	5	2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00	2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6b57a555-faf4-4631-a2d7-709e49d0544a	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	82795d81c16944373f7ae9f665718d655ea32e6207fb9a4b823253da23207072	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 186 (2024rs) — Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2024-338 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment RL8EYYY-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 392 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 1091 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — 74–28 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 1092 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — 74–28 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 393 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 391 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arthur Orr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1092 passage
• 2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
• 2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393 passage
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Orr 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-05-10T12:00:00+00:00 Enacted as 2024-338 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b57a555-faf4-4631-a2d7-709e49d0544a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).