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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody"
+description: "Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "HB 24"
+citation: "Alabama HB 24 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Parental Rights"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hollis"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf7c72e9-b15d-462a-bb65-9d0cb7628ed6"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB24"
+source_hash: "bcf4bb98ae94083b5ae284529f8ce31a4c66c73b50d991edf9af808463a9fc20"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
+---
+
+# Alabama HB 24 (2019rs) — Parental rights, blind individuals, blindness may not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of visitation or custody
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB24-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 199408-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199408-1.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB24-eng.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB24-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hollis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Hollis first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 353 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 354 `passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Cosponsors Added
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth and Human Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 947 `passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2019-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-274. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 2:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf7c72e9-b15d-462a-bb65-9d0cb7628ed6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+