SB134 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jimmy Holley
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Code of Alabama 1975, Acts of 2019 Regular Session, supplements and certain replacement volumes, codified with certain corrections, local laws of certain counties codified, duties of Secretary of State
Summary: SB134 adopts into the Code of Alabama 1975 the 2019 and 2020 laws and local laws volumes, making a continuous codification and outlining custody duties for the Secretary of State.
What This Bill Does
It incorporates the state's general and permanent laws from the 2019 and 2020 supplements and replacement volumes into the Code of Alabama 1975, including local laws volumes such as Volume 22L. It also adds editorial corrections to several sections in those volumes and states that the Code Publisher has fulfilled its duties. It declares that the adoption creates a continuous, systematic codification of the entire code and clarifies that it does not affect statutes enacted in the 2021 session. It specifies the duties of the Secretary of State to custody and certify the volumes upon request.

Who It Affects
Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters) – recognized for editing/publishing the replacement and cumulative volumes and certified as having discharged duties.
Secretary of State – responsible for custody, filing, and certifying the volumes and parts on request (with applicable fees).

Key Provisions
Adopts the 2019 Cumulative Supplements and 2019 Replacement Volumes for specified volumes into the Code of Alabama 1975, and the 2020 Cumulative Supplements and 2020 Replacement Volumes for the code.
Adopts the 2019 Volume 22L Local Laws Marshall to Mobile Counties and the 2019/2020 local law cumulative supplements into the Code of Alabama 1975.
Makes specific editorial corrections to sections such as 16-6G-7, 34-23-77, 37-11C-4, 45-22-243.08, and 45-31-122.
Declares the adoption creates a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code of Alabama 1975 and that it is a law that adopts a code.
States that this act does not repeal or affect any 2021 session statutes.
Requires the Secretary of State to file and custody the authenticated volumes and to certify parts on request, with fees.

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Subjects: Code of Alabama