republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2022rs/sb-203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal courts, fines and fees, Administrative Office of Courts to annually collect data on revenue, budgets, etc., municipal courts to utilize the Ala. state judicial information system or information system integrated with state system, penalties, Finance Dept to provide report forms, Examiners of Public Accounts or CPA authorized to audit"
description: "Municipal courts, fines and fees, Administrative Office of Courts to annually collect data on revenue, budgets, etc., municipal courts to utilize the Ala. state judicial information system or information system integrated with state system, penalties, Finance Dept to provide report forms, Examiners of Public Accounts or CPA authorized to audit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Alabama SB 203 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Office of Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4841d92f-0cd9-4b13-ae9f-50899edbde33"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB203"
source_hash: "638d479e6ab665340045c02e8b10aece97f0cd0210a5c0fd2540d5537668bc93"
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 203 (2022rs) — Municipal courts, fines and fees, Administrative Office of Courts to annually collect data on revenue, budgets, etc., municipal courts to utilize the Ala. state judicial information system or information system integrated with state system, penalties, Finance Dept to provide report forms, Examiners of Public Accounts or CPA authorized to audit

## 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/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB203-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 218669-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/218669-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 219000-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219000-3.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 219836-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219836-1.pdf)
5. **Amd/Sub 219856-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219856-4.pdf)
6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB203-eng.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/SB203-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 500 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 941 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 501 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1064 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 — **100–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 943 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 942 — **57–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Orr Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 500 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 501 `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chestnut motion to Table adopted Roll Call 941 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 942 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Faulkner Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 943 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 944 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reed motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1064 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-425. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4841d92f-0cd9-4b13-ae9f-50899edbde33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).