SB372 Alabama 2014 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Bill HightowerRepublican - Co-Sponsors
- Greg J. ReedGerald O. DialPhillip W. WilliamsDel MarshRusty GloverClay ScofieldJ.T. Waggoner
- Session
- Regular Session 2014
- Title
- Legislature, fill vacant position in certain circumstances, Section 46 (Section 46, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd., const. amend.
- Description
Under existing law, a special election is held to fill a vacant position in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate.
This bill would provide for an amendment to Section 46 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 97, now appearing as Section 46 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that a vacancy in the House of Representatives or the Senate occurring after the end of the third regular session of a legislative quadrennium shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term of the office.
- Subjects
- Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature