SB21 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Donnie Chesteen Senator

Republican

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; and local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable required to be held by a natural born citizen of the United States, Constitutional Amendment

Description

Under existing law, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are required to be citizens of the United States for 10 years before election; the Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for seven years; members of the Senate and House of Representatives for three years; and for other constitutional offices there is no requirement.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, relating to eligibility to serve in a constitutional office, to provide that only a natural born citizen of the United States may serve as Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals; judge of a circuit court or district court; member of the Legislature; Attorney General; State Auditor; Secretary of State; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; member of the State Board of Education; or local sheriff, district attorney, circuit clerk, or constable.

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Subjects

State & State Officers