republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/hb-144.md

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Bill	Elections, municipal elections, runoff elections eliminated when only two candidates run and there is a tie; county and precinct elections, tie votes, decided by judge of probate by lot	Elections, municipal elections, runoff elections eliminated when only two candidates run and there is a tie; county and precinct elections, tie votes, decided by judge of probate by lot	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2022rs	HB 144	Alabama HB 144 (2022rs)	bill	Elections	enacted	Jones (S)	4	17	3	2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2527055a-9bc8-4525-8894-9ad946ed92b6	http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB144	8ec4268e6a59182f1ecca856ab01fe58e1f7253147287d4f2897ae874195c318	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 144 (2022rs) — Elections, municipal elections, runoff elections eliminated when only two candidates run and there is a tie; county and precinct elections, tie votes, decided by judge of probate by lot

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amd/Sub 217345-2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 214 — 98–3 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 215 — 98–3 (pass) · lower
• Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1027 — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones (S) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment reading-2
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 214 amendment-passage
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 215 passage
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Engrossed
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the second time and placed on the calendar reading-2
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1027 passage
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Second House passage
• 2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Clerk of the House Certification
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Assigned Act No. 2022-337. executive-signature
• 2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor at 9:46 a.m. on April7, 2022. executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2527055a-9bc8-4525-8894-9ad946ed92b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).