Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
SB173 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Apr 16, 2026
Notable
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Lance BellSenatorRepublican- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended
- Description
Under existing law, a violation of a domestic violence protection order is a Class A misdemeanor.
This bill would provide the circuit and district courts of this state with exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction over prosecutions for a violation of a domestic violence protection order.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
Bill Actions
S
Enacted
S
Enacted
H
Signature Requested
S
Delivered to Governor
S
Enrolled
S
Ready to Enroll
S
Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Adopted Roll Call 1259
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1325
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1324 JP1S4NN-1
H
Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered JP1S4NN-1
H
Third Reading in Second House
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House from House Judiciary JP1S4NN-1
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
S
Engrossed
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 444
S
Bell motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 443 7BXQ3VE-1
S
Judiciary 1st Amendment Offered 7BXQ3VE-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Judiciary 1st Amendment 7BXQ3VE-1
S
Pending Senate Judiciary
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 08:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 444
Yes
33
Absent
2
Bell motion to Adopt - Roll Call 443 7BXQ3VE-1
Yes
33
Absent
2
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
33
Absent
2
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
33
Absent
2
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1325
Yes
97
Abstained
4
Absent
4
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1324 JP1S4NN-1
Yes
102
Abstained
2
Absent
1
Gudger Motion to Concur In and Adopt House Amendment - Roll Call 1259
Yes
33
Absent
2
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
SB173 Alabama 2026 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB173 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Enrolled)
SB173 Alabama 2026 Session - Enrolled
Amendment
Senate Judiciary Judiciary 1st Amendment
Amendment
House Judiciary Reported Out of Committee Second House
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by Second Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature