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Read. Follow. Verify.Alabama authorizes counties to revise constable numbers, districts, and vacancy rules
Last action · April 9, 2026: EnactedSponsor: Napoleon Bracy
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What This Bill Does
Alabama empowers county commissions through to alter the number of s, adjust their geographic representation areas, and modify vacancy conditions starting October 1, 2026.
Changes local governance flexibility by allowing counties to reshape the number, boundaries, and holding terms of elected s.
- Constables in Alabama have historically been elected per election precinct to serve local judicial and administrative functions. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Constables
Their number, geographic service boundaries, and terms of vacancy can be modified or restructured by local county legislation.
County Commissions
They gain the authorization to pursue local legislation altering the structure and service areas of constables in their jurisdictions.
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Current status: Became law.
Procedural history
17 actions- Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolledEnacted
- Apr 8, 2026HouseEnrolledDelivered to Governor
- Apr 8, 2026SenateSignature Requested
- Apr 7, 2026HouseEnrolled
- Apr 7, 2026HouseReady to Enroll
- Apr 7, 2026SenateFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1200
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- Apr 7, 2026SenateThird Reading in Second House
- Apr 1, 2026SenateRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeReported Out of Committee Second House
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteePending Committee Action in Second House
- Mar 31, 2026SenateIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorMotion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1093
- Mar 31, 2026HouseThird Reading in House of Origin
- Mar 11, 2026HouseRead for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported Out of Committee House of Origin
- Feb 24, 2026HouseCommitteePending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Feb 24, 2026HouseIntroducedRead for the first time and referred to the House Committee on County and Municipal Government
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Decentralization of Constable Oversight
Shifts statutory rigidity regarding one constable per election precinct by permitting localized tailoring through county legislation.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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