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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for"
description: "Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Alabama SB 279 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smitherman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB279"
source_hash: "9bdaec060a2abc288ead0e9cf92e4886ba3d107f47ffc18f21830beee5ceee65"
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 279 (2019rs) — Elections, courts, supreme court and courts of appeal, judicial seats further provided for
## 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/SB279-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 201163-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201163-4.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB279-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 — **26–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Smitherman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 645 `passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1147 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1148 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1358 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-469. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7766a7b1-5d12-4a02-abb7-435752f2848e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).