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AL SB144
Bill
Status
3/23/2023
Primary Sponsor
Will Barfoot
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AI Summary
SB144 Summary
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Creates 8 new circuit judgeships and 5 new district judgeships across Alabama counties, phased in over three fiscal years (2024-2026) and funded from the State General Fund.
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Fiscal Year 2024 additions: Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Lauderdale County), Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Autauga, Chilton, Elmore Counties), Circuit Judgeship Number 6 in Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit (Baldwin County), and district judgeships in Baldwin and DeKalb Counties.
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Fiscal Year 2025 additions: Circuit Judgeship Number 7 in Sixth Judicial Circuit (Tuscaloosa County), Circuit Judgeship Number 9 in Twenty-third Judicial Circuit (Madison County), Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit (Lee County), and district judgeships in Mobile and Shelby Counties.
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Fiscal Year 2026 additions: Circuit Judgeship Number 5 in Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Autauga, Chilton, Elmore Counties), Circuit Judgeship Number 7 in Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit (Baldwin County), and a district judgeship in Madison County.
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New judges will serve six-year terms beginning the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January following their election and receive compensation per Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975.
Legislative Description
To provide for additional circuit judgeships and additional district judgeships to be funded out of the State General Fund in Fiscal Years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefits of the judges.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
3/23/2023