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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act"
description: "Elections, Voting, & Campaigns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2024rs"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Alabama SB 186 (2024rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arthur Orr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b57a555-faf4-4631-a2d7-709e49d0544a"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "82795d81c16944373f7ae9f665718d655ea32e6207fb9a4b823253da23207072"
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 186 (2024rs) — Prohibit the use of any ranked-choice voting method in elections except for electors who vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB186-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2024-338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1543903.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment RL8EYYY-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/RL8EYYY-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB186-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/SB186-enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll of the S for Vote 392 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1091 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — **7428** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the H for Vote 1092 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — **7428** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 393 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 391 on SB186 (2024 Regular Session) — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Arthur Orr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1092 `passage`
- **2024-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Constitution, Campaigns and Elections)
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393 `passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Orr 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10T12:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2024-338 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b57a555-faf4-4631-a2d7-709e49d0544a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).