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Alabama · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 21: 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

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 21 is a bill introduced in the Alabama Senate on October 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Donnie Chesteen (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 23, 2026): Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

State & State Officers

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Donnie ChesteenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs
  2. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (State Governmental Affairs)
  3. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source