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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, added."
+description: "Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, added."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "HB 400"
+citation: "Alabama HB 400 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Telecommunications"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shedd"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770cf2c2-8fc3-4952-bdcb-0c3e79c944ab"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB400"
+source_hash: "98f225464ffa3f13739ba67b55888df69a9d6af6f06384f774b70f5f061e964f"
+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 400 (2019rs) — Telecommunications, Broadband Using Electric Easement Accessibility Act, Secs. 37-16-1 to 37-16-10, inclusive, added.
+
+## 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/HB400-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 199941-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199941-1.pdf)
+3. **Amd/Sub 200530-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200530-1.pdf)
+4. **Amd/Sub 200550-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200550-1.pdf)
+5. **Amd/Sub 201500-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201500-2.pdf)
+6. **Amd/Sub 201835-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201835-1.pdf)
+7. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB400-eng.pdf)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB400-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 989 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Adopt U&RD substitute adopted Roll Call 511 — **84–2** (pass) · lower
+- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 901 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Ingram motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 509 — **31–42** (fail) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 515 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 887 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+- Lovvorn motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 510 — **33–46** (fail) · lower
+- Baker motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 512 — **29–53** (fail) · lower
+- Blackshear motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 508 — **40–48** (fail) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 990 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 514 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shedd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Urban and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Urban and Rural Development Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Urban and Rural Development Substitute resumed
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Blackshear motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 508
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Fridy intended to vote "Nay"
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Ingram motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 509
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lovvorn motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 510
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt U&RD substitute adopted Roll Call 511 `substitution`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Fridy intended to vote "Yea"
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Baker motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Roll Call 512
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Jones (M) Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 513 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 514 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 515 `passage`
+- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 901 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 989 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 990 `passage`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Shedd motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 887 `passage`
+- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-326. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:45 a.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/770cf2c2-8fc3-4952-bdcb-0c3e79c944ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+