October 5, 2023: A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved new congressional districts drawn by a special master.

September 26, 2023: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the state's request to use the district boundaries overturned by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

September 5, 2023: A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court overturned the state's congressional district map redrawn in July for not being in accordance with the Voting Rights Act, specifically, the map did not create a second Black majority district. The Alabama Secretary of State advised the state would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

July 28, 2023: The plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan objected to the revised congressional district boundaries that the state enacted on July 21, 2023.

July 21, 2023: The state Senate and House approved redrawn congressional boundary proposals, and Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the redrawn maps into law.

June 20, 2023: The three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court set a deadline of July 21, 2023 for the state to enact a redrawn congressional map.

Jun. 8 2023: The U.S Supreme Court upheld the district court's preliminary injunction against using the map for any future elections as it likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the vote of Black voters in the state. This effectively invalidated the 2021 congressional map for use in future elections.

Feb. 7 2022: The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the federal district order requiring a redraw of the newly enacted congressional map for the 2022 elections. Alabama was allowed to use the contested map pending the U.S. Supreme Court hearing for the case scheduled for later in 2022.

Jan. 24 2022: An Alabama federal district court blocked the congressional map enacted in November 2021 on grounds that it violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. noting that the appropriate remedy "is a congressional redistricting plan that includes either an additional majority-Black congressional district, or an additional district in which Black voters otherwise have an opportunity to elect a representative of their choice."

Nov. 4 2021: Governor Kay Ivey signed both the congressional and state legislative maps into law.

Nov. 3 2021: The legislature approved congressional and state legislative maps.

Oct. 26 2021: Congressional and state legislative draft maps were released by the joint legislative committee.