Under existing law, any legal action contesting the validity of any statewide redistricting plan must be commenced in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.
This bill would require any legal action contesting the validity of any statewide redistricting plan to be heard by a three-judge panel comprised of judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Further Consideration
Pringle motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450
McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449
McClendon Amendment Offered
McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 448
Judiciary Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature