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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd."
+description: "Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 am'd."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2019rs"
+identifier: "HB 59"
+citation: "Alabama HB 59 (2019rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5a6181-362a-4ac1-9096-f7fefd38aa74"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB59"
+source_hash: "cec047bc1cb68672c8cf2ef0df19dc437cfa9452c63fbd8f4bd4e838ee40f2b7"
+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 59 (2019rs) — Capital offenses, aggravating circumstances if victim was a law enforcement or correctional officer, first responder, or under 14 years of age, Secs. 13A-5-40, 13A-5-49 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/HB59-int.pdf)
+2. **Amd/Sub 201734-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/201734-1.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB59-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Sells motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1094 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
+- Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1152 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 287 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1153 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sells — 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 Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 287 `passage`
+- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Wilcox intended to vote "Yea"
+- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Whatley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1152 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1153 `passage`
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Sells motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1094 `passage`
+- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-514. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b5a6181-362a-4ac1-9096-f7fefd38aa74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+