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SB271 Senate Bill
Enacted
2026-04-02

Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

Bill Details

State

Alabama

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search

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Sponsors

Sam Givhan (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 S Enacted
2026-04-02 S Enacted
2026-04-01 H Signature Requested
2026-04-01 S Sent to Secretary of State
2026-04-01 S Delivered to Governor
2026-04-01 S Enrolled
2026-04-01 S Ready to Enroll
2026-04-01 S Givhan Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment to SB271
2026-04-01 H Third Reading in Second House
2026-03-31 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1091
2026-03-31 H Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1090 NRP36J8-1
2026-03-31 H Lovvorn 1st Amendment Offered NRP36J8-1
2026-03-31 H Third Reading in Second House
2026-03-05 H Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-03-04 H Reported Out of Committee Second House
2026-02-24 H Pending House State Government
2026-02-24 H Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government
2026-02-19 S Engrossed
2026-02-19 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 485
2026-02-19 S Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484 2JZRHII-1
2026-02-19 S Givhan 1st Amendment Offered 2JZRHII-1
2026-02-19 S Third Reading in House of Origin
2026-02-12 S Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
2026-02-11 S Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
2026-02-05 S Pending Senate State Governmental Affairs
2026-02-05 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs

Votes

2026-02-19 SBIR: Passed by House of Origin Yea: 29 Nay: 0
2026-02-19 Third Reading in House of Origin Yea: 29 Nay: 0
2026-02-19 Givhan motion to Adopt - Roll Call 484 2JZRHII-1 Yea: 29 Nay: 0
2026-02-19 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 485 Yea: 29 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 HBIR: Passed by Second House Yea: 102 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Third Reading in Second House Yea: 102 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1057 NRP36J8-1 Yea: 101 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1058 Yea: 101 Nay: 0
2026-03-31 HBIR: Passed by Second House Yea: 66 Nay: 0
2026-04-01 Third Reading in Second House Yea: 66 Nay: 0
2026-04-01 Givhan Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 1011 Yea: 25 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-05 S State Governmental Affairs
2026-02-24 H State Government

Amendments

2026-02-19 Senate Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 484
2026-03-31 House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1057

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-05 Introduced
2026-02-19 Engrossed
2026-04-01 Enrolled

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments Statewide

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