# Alabama SB169: Executive Branch, Governor authorized to appoint vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional amendment

Alabama SB169, Executive Branch, Governor authorized to appoint vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional amendment, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Arthur Orr (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-06 (Currently Indefinitely Postponed) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama SB169
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Executive Branch, Governor authorized to appoint vacancy in office of Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional amendment
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Constitutional Amendments Statewide
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Arthur Orr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Sessions (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gerald H. Allen (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Livingston (Republican), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2025-05-06: Currently Indefinitely Postponed (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB169-int.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/SB169-int.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB169-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).