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type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend."
description: "Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Alabama SB 216 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10d31d50-3a0c-4e7a-a4a2-b146e25f9393"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB216"
source_hash: "1f74d5a8e85107bafa4e8419de2c8f739db2321ed5c8577a31e4ea4d22329a5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---
# Alabama SB 216 (2019rs) — Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB216-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199074-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199074-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 201045-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201045-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB216-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB216-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 676 — **1873** (fail) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 677 — **926** (pass) · lower
- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 430 — **270** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 — **280** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Orr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 430 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 431 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Hill Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 676 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 677 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-187. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10d31d50-3a0c-4e7a-a4a2-b146e25f9393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).