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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd."
+description: "Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "HB 247"
+citation: "Alabama HB 247 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marques"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6622d240-ab64-4ecb-9526-ca4b101c1fe1"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB247"
+source_hash: "8a304ada32dda715217863a1322d3c5a2e76329dec181dc41098a06c02caa911"
+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 247 (2019rs) — Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd.
+
+## 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/HB247-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 198510-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198510-2.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB247-eng.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB247-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 313 — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marques — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 312 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 313 `passage`
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1106 `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-318. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Forwarded to Governor on May 23, 2019 at 1:08 p.m. on May 23, 2019. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6622d240-ab64-4ecb-9526-ca4b101c1fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+