HB420 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the Alabama Legislature to recompile the Alabama Constitution of 1901 during the 2022 Regular Session.

• The recompilation may arrange the constitution into proper articles, parts, and sections while omitting all sections, clauses, and words no longer in force, with no other substantive changes to provisions or language.

• Requires the draft recompilation to be approved by a three-fifths vote of each house of the Legislature through joint resolution before submission to voters.

• Directs submission of the approved recompilation to voters pursuant to Amendment 714 of the Constitution, with the recompiled constitution becoming supreme law upon voter approval.

• Establishes election procedures for the constitutional amendment following Sections 284 and 285 of the Alabama Constitution and state election laws.