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SB108 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB108 Alabama 2017 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tom Whatley
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Elections, primary runoff elections, voter prohibited from switching parties between primary elections
Description

Under existing law, an elector may choose which party's primary and primary runoff elections to vote in.

This bill would prohibit a voter from voting in a primary runoff election unless the voter voted in the preceding primary election of the party for which the runoff election is being held.

Subjects
Elections

Bill Actions

S

Assigned Act No. 2017-340.

S

Enrolled

H

Signature Requested

H

Concurred in Second House Amendment

S

Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1274

S

Concurrence Requested

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 882

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 881

H

Ledbetter motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 880

H

Williams (JD) motion to Table lost Roll Call 879

H

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

S

Engrossed

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 640

S

Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 639

S

Whatley motion to Table adopted Voice Vote

S

Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered

S

Whatley motion to Table adopted Roll Call 638

S

Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered

S

Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 637

S

Whatley Amendment Offered

S

Whatley motion to Table adopted Voice Vote

S

Constitution, Ethics and Elections Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Whatley motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote

S

Constitution, Ethics and Elections Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Carried Over

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Ethics and Elections

Bill Text

Votes

Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate

April 18, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 25
No 9
Absent 1

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 18, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 25
No 9
Absent 1

Williams (JD) motion to Table

May 16, 2017 House Failed
Yes 36
No 51
Abstained 4
Absent 14

Ledbetter motion to Previous Question

May 16, 2017 House Passed
Yes 62
No 33
Absent 10

Motion to Adopt

May 16, 2017 House Failed
Yes 47
No 46
Abstained 1
Absent 11

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 16, 2017 House Passed
Yes 69
No 31
Abstained 1
Absent 4

Whatley motion to Concur In and Adopt

May 18, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 20
No 4
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature