republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-222.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Legislature; to amend Section 29-1-4, 29-2-41, 29-2-41.2, 29-2-80, 29-2-81, 29-2-83, 29-2-201, 29-4-70, 29-5A-22, 29-5A-46, 29-6-1, 29-6-2, 29-6-3, 29-6-7, 41-5A-16, 41-9-370, and 41-9-374, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the date the Legislature convenes during the first year of a regular session; to provide additional time for the Contract Review Committee to review a contract and provide further for certain types of professional contracts; to provide further for property owned by the Legislative Council; to provide contingencies if a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; to provide further for the role of the Code Commissioner and duties of the Legislative Council and Legislative Services Agency; to revise membership of the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets; to provide further for tax expenditure reports made by the Legislative Fiscal Officer; to revise when members of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts are elected; to repeal 29-5A-24 and 29-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to obsolete duties of the Legislative Reference Service and the Legislative Council; to repeal Sections 17-16-50 through 17-16-53, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the contested election of a legislator; and to delete obsolete language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style."
description: "Legislature, powers and duties of Legislative Council, Contract Review Committee, and Code Commissioner revised, date Legislature convenes during first year of regular session revised"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Alabama SB 222 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Givhan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T16:30:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614f7744-99a3-488d-af1e-a61c13dbcf27"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "fdf96fc0df866a8c04d6dd6dc95c43244c48b497aba007ee50ca5eacc8efd534"
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 222 (2023rs) — Relating to the Legislature; to amend Section 29-1-4, 29-2-41, 29-2-41.2, 29-2-80, 29-2-81, 29-2-83, 29-2-201, 29-4-70, 29-5A-22, 29-5A-46, 29-6-1, 29-6-2, 29-6-3, 29-6-7, 41-5A-16, 41-9-370, and 41-9-374, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the date the Legislature convenes during the first year of a regular session; to provide additional time for the Contract Review Committee to review a contract and provide further for certain types of professional contracts; to provide further for property owned by the Legislative Council; to provide contingencies if a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; to provide further for the role of the Code Commissioner and duties of the Legislative Council and Legislative Services Agency; to revise membership of the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets; to provide further for tax expenditure reports made by the Legislative Fiscal Officer; to revise when members of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts are elected; to repeal 29-5A-24 and 29-6-6, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to obsolete duties of the Legislative Reference Service and the Legislative Council; to repeal Sections 17-16-50 through 17-16-53, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the contested election of a legislator; and to delete obsolete language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Legislature, powers and duties of Legislative Council, Contract Review Committee, and Code Commissioner revised, date Legislature convenes during first year of regular session revised

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB222-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1265810.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 4AYB33-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/4AYB33-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment BCNBJJ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BCNBJJ-1.pdf)
5. **Amendment G09062-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/G09062-1.pdf)
6. **Amendment JVV2FF-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/JVV2FF-1.pdf)
7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB222-eng.pdf)
8. **State Government Amendment BUFIJJ-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/BUFIJJ-1.pdf)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB222-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 473 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 474 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 594 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 595 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 648 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 596 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **88–9** (fail) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 593 on SB222 (2023 Regular Session) — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sam Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended `passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (State Government) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (State Government)
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (State Government) `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-05-22T16:30:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-224 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/614f7744-99a3-488d-af1e-a61c13dbcf27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).