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SB 216 — Judicial Article of Constitution of Alabama revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, Judicial Inquiry Commission, membership further provided, impeachment of justices of supreme court deleted, Administrative Director of Courts, appointed further provided, const. amend.
Last action — Assigned Act No. 2019-187.
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 15, 2019. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Constitutional amendment, judicial article revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, judicial inquiry commission, CA-
Bill Text
Action History
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Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 676
Sponsors
- Arthur Orr · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on · 53 voted No
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (139)
139 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 139 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| R | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 92 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 6% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | — | Yea |
| Ball | — | Yea |
| Dismukes | — | Yea |
| Drake | — | Yea |
| Farley | — | Yea |
| Faust | — | Yea |
| Fridy | — | Yea |
| Gaston | — | Yea |
| Greer | — | Nay |
| Grimsley | — | Yea |
| Hanes | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Isbell | — | Yea |
| Martin | — | Not Voting |
| Nordgren | — | Nay |
| Poole | — | Yea |
| Brown (C) | — | Yea |
| Holmes | — | Yea |
| Jones (M) | — | Yea |
| Jones (S) | — | Yea |
| McCutcheon | — | Yea |
| McMillan | — | Yea |
| Moore (P) | — | Yea |
| Wood (D) | — | Yea |
| Brown (K) | — | Nay |
| Moore (M) | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson | — | Not Voting |
| Rich | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Yea |
| Sanderford | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Shiver | — | Yea |
| Sorrell | — | Yea |
| South | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Wheeler | — | Yea |
| Wingo | — | Yea |
| Corey Harbison | — | Yea |
| John W. Rogers | — | Yea |
| Randall Shedd | — | Nay |
| Adline Clarke | D | Yea |
| Anthony Daniels | D | Yea |
| Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell | D | Yea |
| Barbara Boyd | D | Yea |
| Barbara Drummond | D | Yea |
| Berry Forte | D | Yea |
| Chris England | D | Yea |
| Jeremy Gray | D | Yea |
| Juandalynn Givan | D | Yea |
| Kelvin Lawrence | D | Yea |
| Kirk Hatcher | D | Yea |
| Laura Hall | D | Not Voting |
| Merika Coleman | D | Not Voting |
| Napoleon Bracy | D | Yea |
| Neil Rafferty | D | Yea |
| Patrice McClammy | D | Yea |
| Pebblin W. Warren | D | Yea |
| Prince Chestnut | D | Yea |
| Rolanda Hollis | D | Yea |
| TaShina Morris | D | Yea |
| Thomas Jackson | D | Yea |
| Alan Baker | R | Yea |
| Allen Treadaway | R | Yea |
| Andy Whitt | R | Yea |
| April Weaver | R | Yea |
| Arnold Mooney | R | Yea |
| Bob Fincher | R | Yea |
| Brett Easterbrook | R | Yea |
| Chad Robertson | R | Yea |
| Chris Blackshear | R | Yea |
| Chris Pringle | R | Yea |
| Chris Sells | R | Yea |
| Corley Ellis | R | Yea |
| Craig Lipscomb | R | Yea |
| Danny Crawford | R | Yea |
| Danny Garrett | R | Yea |
| David Faulkner | R | Yea |
| David Standridge | R | Yea |
| Ed Oliver | R | Yea |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Yea |
| Ginny Shaver | R | Yea |
| Jamie Kiel | R | Yea |
| Jeff Sorrells | R | Yea |
| Jim Carns | R | Yea |
| Jim Hill | R | Yea |
| Joe Lovvorn | R | Yea |
| Margie Wilcox | R | Yea |
| Matt Simpson | R | Yea |
| Nathaniel Ledbetter | R | Yea |
| Paul W. Lee | R | Yea |
| Phillip Pettus | R | Nay |
| Randy Wood | R | Yea |
| Reed Ingram | R | Yea |
| Rex Reynolds | R | Yea |
| Rhett Marques | R | Yea |
| Ritchie Whorton | R | Yea |
| Scott Stadthagen | R | Nay |
| Shane Stringer | R | Yea |
| Steve Clouse | R | Yea |
| Steve Hurst | R | Not Voting |
| Terri Collins | R | Yea |
| Tim Wadsworth | R | Yea |
| Tracy Estes | R | Yea |
| Wes Kitchens | R | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| R | 4 | 35 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 18 | 73 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 17% | 70% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | — | Nay |
| Ball | — | Nay |
| Dismukes | — | Nay |
| Drake | — | Yea |
| Farley | — | Nay |
| Faust | — | Yea |
| Fridy | — | Nay |
| Gaston | — | Yea |
| Greer | — | Yea |
| Grimsley | — | Nay |
| Hanes | — | Nay |
| Howard | — | Nay |
| Isbell | — | Nay |
| Martin | — | Not Voting |
| Nordgren | — | Yea |
| Poole | — | Nay |
| Brown (K) | — | Yea |
| McCutcheon | — | Yea |
| McMillan | — | Yea |
| Moore (M) | — | Yea |
| Brown (C) | — | Nay |
| Jones (M) | — | Nay |
| Jones (S) | — | Nay |
| Moore (P) | — | Nay |
| Wood (D) | — | Nay |
| Holmes | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson | — | Not Voting |
| Rich | — | Yea |
| Rowe | — | Nay |
| Sanderford | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Not Voting |
| Shiver | — | Nay |
| Sorrell | — | Nay |
| South | — | Nay |
| Sullivan | — | Nay |
| Wheeler | — | Nay |
| Wingo | — | Not Voting |
| Corey Harbison | — | Nay |
| John W. Rogers | — | Yea |
| Randall Shedd | — | Yea |
| Adline Clarke | D | Nay |
| Anthony Daniels | D | Nay |
| Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell | D | Nay |
| Barbara Boyd | D | Nay |
| Barbara Drummond | D | Nay |
| Berry Forte | D | Nay |
| Chris England | D | Yea |
| Jeremy Gray | D | Nay |
| Juandalynn Givan | D | Not Voting |
| Kelvin Lawrence | D | Nay |
| Kirk Hatcher | D | Nay |
| Laura Hall | D | Not Voting |
| Merika Coleman | D | Not Voting |
| Napoleon Bracy | D | Nay |
| Neil Rafferty | D | Not Voting |
| Patrice McClammy | D | Nay |
| Pebblin W. Warren | D | Nay |
| Prince Chestnut | D | Nay |
| Rolanda Hollis | D | Nay |
| TaShina Morris | D | Nay |
| Thomas Jackson | D | Nay |
| Alan Baker | R | Nay |
| Allen Treadaway | R | Nay |
| Andy Whitt | R | Nay |
| April Weaver | R | Nay |
| Arnold Mooney | R | Not Voting |
| Bob Fincher | R | Nay |
| Brett Easterbrook | R | Nay |
| Chad Robertson | R | Nay |
| Chris Blackshear | R | Nay |
| Chris Pringle | R | Not Voting |
| Chris Sells | R | Nay |
| Corley Ellis | R | Nay |
| Craig Lipscomb | R | Nay |
| Danny Crawford | R | Nay |
| Danny Garrett | R | Nay |
| David Faulkner | R | Not Voting |
| David Standridge | R | Nay |
| Ed Oliver | R | Nay |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Nay |
| Ginny Shaver | R | Nay |
| Jamie Kiel | R | Nay |
| Jeff Sorrells | R | Nay |
| Jim Carns | R | Yea |
| Jim Hill | R | Yea |
| Joe Lovvorn | R | Nay |
| Margie Wilcox | R | Yea |
| Matt Simpson | R | Nay |
| Nathaniel Ledbetter | R | Nay |
| Paul W. Lee | R | Nay |
| Phillip Pettus | R | Nay |
| Randy Wood | R | Nay |
| Reed Ingram | R | Nay |
| Rex Reynolds | R | Nay |
| Rhett Marques | R | Nay |
| Ritchie Whorton | R | Nay |
| Scott Stadthagen | R | Nay |
| Shane Stringer | R | Nay |
| Steve Clouse | R | Nay |
| Steve Hurst | R | Not Voting |
| Terri Collins | R | Nay |
| Tim Wadsworth | R | Yea |
| Tracy Estes | R | Nay |
| Wes Kitchens | R | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| R | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 0% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Holley | — | Not Voting |
| Marsh | — | Not Voting |
| Burkette | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| McClendon | — | Yea |
| Butler | — | Not Voting |
| Sanders-Fortier | — | Yea |
| Scofield | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Whatley | — | Yea |
| Greg J. Reed | — | Not Voting |
| Bobby D. Singleton | D | Not Voting |
| Linda Coleman-Madison | D | Yea |
| Rodger M. Smitherman | D | Yea |
| Vivian Davis Figures | D | Yea |
| William M. Beasley | D | Yea |
| Arthur Orr | R | Yea |
| Chris Elliott | R | Yea |
| Clyde Chambliss | R | Yea |
| Dan Roberts | R | Yea |
| David Sessions | R | Yea |
| Donnie Chesteen | R | Yea |
| Garlan Gudger | R | Yea |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Yea |
| Greg Albritton | R | Yea |
| J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner | R | Yea |
| Jack W. Williams | R | Yea |
| Larry Stutts | R | Not Voting |
| Randy Price | R | Yea |
| Sam Givhan | R | Yea |
| Shay Shelnutt | R | Yea |
| Steve Livingston | R | Yea |
| Tim Melson | R | Yea |
| Will Barfoot | R | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Burkette | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Holley | — | Not Voting |
| Marsh | — | Not Voting |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| McClendon | — | Yea |
| Sanders-Fortier | — | Yea |
| Scofield | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Whatley | — | Yea |
| Greg J. Reed | — | Not Voting |
| Bobby D. Singleton | D | Not Voting |
| Linda Coleman-Madison | D | Yea |
| Rodger M. Smitherman | D | Yea |
| Vivian Davis Figures | D | Yea |
| William M. Beasley | D | Yea |
| Arthur Orr | R | Yea |
| Chris Elliott | R | Yea |
| Clyde Chambliss | R | Yea |
| Dan Roberts | R | Yea |
| David Sessions | R | Yea |
| Donnie Chesteen | R | Yea |
| Garlan Gudger | R | Yea |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Yea |
| Greg Albritton | R | Yea |
| J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner | R | Yea |
| Jack W. Williams | R | Yea |
| Larry Stutts | R | Not Voting |
| Randy Price | R | Yea |
| Sam Givhan | R | Yea |
| Shay Shelnutt | R | Yea |
| Steve Livingston | R | Yea |
| Tim Melson | R | Yea |
| Will Barfoot | R | Not Voting |
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- What does SB 216 do?
- Constitutional amendment, judicial article revised, vacancies in the office of a judge, procedure further provided, age restriction on judicial office, increased, judicial discipline further provided, judicial inquiry commission, CA-
- Who sponsors SB 216?
- SB 216 is sponsored by Arthur Orr (R).
- What is the current status of SB 216?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 15, 2019. Enacted.
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