# Alabama HB307: Courts, appointment, support, and powers of visiting judges provided for Alabama HB307, Courts, appointment, support, and powers of visiting judges provided for, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jim Hill (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-05-14 (Enacted) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB307-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alabama HB307 - State: Alabama - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Courts, appointment, support, and powers of visiting judges provided for - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-05-14, Enacted - Sponsor: Jim Hill (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Courts & Judges - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (472 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Alabama courts gain case reassignment options: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, presiding circuit judges can reassign cases when doing so serves the interests of justice. They can choose any other circuit or district judge within the same circuit. The receiving judge’s division or specialty does not limit the reassignment. - Visiting judges for Alabama violent-crime cases: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, Alabama’s chief justice can appoint sitting or retired circuit judges for cases involving state-defined violent offenses. The attorney general or a district attorney must identify the case and explain why a visiting judge is needed. The chief justice must decide within 30 da… - Pay and courtroom support for visiting judges: mixed, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, visiting judges receive payment for actual, necessary expenses approved by the chief justice; retired judges may also receive compensation under state law. Counties must provide adequate courtroom space for their hearings and trials. Judges can use an official court reporter… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jim Hill (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jim Carns (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-06 | Senate | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 936 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third Reading in Second House | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 443 | pass | 102 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 442 | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 441 | pass | 103 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 102 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-05-14: Enacted (House) - 2025-05-06: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 936 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Ready to Enroll (House) - 2025-05-06: Enrolled (House) - 2025-05-06: Signature Requested (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Delivered to Governor (House) - 2025-04-15: Third Reading in Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Carried Over (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Third Reading in House of Origin (House) - 2025-03-18: Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered (House) - 2025-03-18: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 441 (House) - 2025-03-18: Hill 1st Amendment Offered (House) - 2025-03-18: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 442 (House) - 2025-03-18: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 443 (House) - 2025-03-18: Engrossed (House) - 2025-02-27: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House) - 2025-02-26: Judiciary 1st Amendment (House) - 2025-02-26: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House) - 2025-02-18: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-18: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-int.pdf) - Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-enr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted) - SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted) - SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted) - HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted) - HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted) - HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-int.pdf) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB307-enr.pdf) ## Related - [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs) - [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs) - [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs) - [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs) - [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs) - [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs) - [Alabama bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama/bills) - [Alabama state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alabama) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB307-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).