republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2026rs/sb-271.md

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Bill	Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment	Constitutional Amendments Statewide	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2026rs	SB 271	Alabama SB 271 (2026rs)	bill	Constitutional Amendments Statewide	enacted	Givhan	5	24	0	2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b29bdf87-386d-437d-85d2-80181bb37eb7	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	4af5fcdd281a049d7d672e924cbe32d8cce5b0461f29f88fae2462bc77e96deb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 271 (2026rs) — Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

Constitutional Amendments Statewide

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484 (committee substitute) — source
4. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1090 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Givhan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Sent to Secretary of State
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Givhan Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment to SB271
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1091 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1090
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Lovvorn 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in Second House
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Government)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (State Government)
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 485 passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Givhan 1st Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (State Governmental Affairs)
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Governmental Affairs)
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b29bdf87-386d-437d-85d2-80181bb37eb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).