The Constitution of the State of Alabama is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was adopted in 2022 and is Alabama's seventh state constitution.
Alabama has had seven constitutions to date, all but the current one established via State Conventions: 1819 (converting Alabama Territory into a State), 1861 (Secession), 1865 (Reconstruction), 1868 (Reconstruction), 1875 (ending Reconstruction), 1901 (Jim Crow) and the current document, adopted in 2022.[1][2]GovernorKay Ivey formally proclaimed the new constitution to be in effect on Monday, November 28, 2022, shortly after the state's election results were certified.[3]
Recompilation of the Alabama Constitution of 1901edit
The current Alabama Constitution is a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution of 1901. The recompilation had five objectives, as follows:[4]
arranging it in proper articles, parts, and sections;
removing all racist language (examples of racist language being removed included Section 102 of Article IV of the former Constitution, which forbade "marriage between any white person and a Negro, or descendant of a negro".[5]);
deleting duplicative and repealed provisions;
consolidating provisions regarding economic development; and
arranging all local amendments by county of application.
constitution, alabama, previous, alabama, constitution, 1901, constitution, state, alabama, basic, governing, document, state, alabama, adopted, 2022, alabama, seventh, state, constitution, contents, history, recompilation, alabama, constitution, 1901, general. For the previous Constitution of Alabama see Alabama Constitution of 1901 The Constitution of the State of Alabama is the basic governing document of the U S state of Alabama It was adopted in 2022 and is Alabama s seventh state constitution Contents 1 History 2 Recompilation of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 3 General overview 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAlabama has had seven constitutions to date all but the current one established via State Conventions nbsp 1819 converting Alabama Territory into a State 1861 Secession 1865 Reconstruction 1868 Reconstruction 1875 ending Reconstruction 1901 Jim Crow and the current document adopted in 2022 1 2 Governor Kay Ivey formally proclaimed the new constitution to be in effect on Monday November 28 2022 shortly after the state s election results were certified 3 Recompilation of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 editThe current Alabama Constitution is a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 The recompilation had five objectives as follows 4 arranging it in proper articles parts and sections removing all racist language examples of racist language being removed included Section 102 of Article IV of the former Constitution which forbade marriage between any white person and a Negro or descendant of a negro 5 deleting duplicative and repealed provisions consolidating provisions regarding economic development and arranging all local amendments by county of application General overview editThe Alabama Constitution in common with all other state constitutions defines a tripartite government organized under a presidential system Executive power is vested in the Governor of Alabama legislative power in the Alabama State Legislature bicameral composed of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate and judicial power in the Judiciary of Alabama Direct partisan secret and free elections are provided for filling all branches citation needed References edit An Overview of Alabama s Six Constitutions Alabama Legislature retrieved 11 December 2023 staff AL com November 8 2022 Election results for proposed amendments to Alabama s Constitution on Nov 8 2022 al Monger 11 29 22 Craig Alabama officially certifies results of November midterms 1819 News a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Cason Mike March 3 2022 Alabama Constitution of 2022 appears to be headed for voters in November al Dunavant Gary September 19 2021 Alabama Begins Removing Racist Language From Its Constitution External links edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Constitution of Alabama nbsp This article about a constitutional law topic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Constitution of Alabama amp oldid 1184720403, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
