SB190 Alabama 2022 Session

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Bill Summary

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Redistricting, legal challenges against statewide plans, establish venue before 3-judge panel to hear challenge, Sec. 29-1-2.5 am'd.

Description

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.

Relating to legal challenges to redistricting plans; to amend Section 29-1-2.5, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any legal challenge to a statewide redistricting plan to be heard by a three-judge panel appointed by the chief justice.

Subjects

Reapportionment

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
April 7, 2022	H	Further Consideration
April 7, 2022	H	Pringle motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
April 7, 2022	H	Third Reading Carried Over
March 9, 2022	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
March 1, 2022	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
March 1, 2022	S	Engrossed
March 1, 2022	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 450
March 1, 2022	S	McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 449
March 1, 2022	S	McClendon Amendment Offered
March 1, 2022	S	McClendon motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 448
March 1, 2022	S	Judiciary Amendment Offered
March 1, 2022	S	Third Reading Passed
February 16, 2022	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
February 8, 2022	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary