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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend."
+description: "Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
+legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
+session: "2020rs"
+identifier: "HB 199"
+citation: "Alabama HB 199 (2020rs)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Churches"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68da855-4caa-419b-8a88-5da66f6bd665"
+source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB199"
+source_hash: "dc3add00bd19894de5b287cfe3a3b53e7e36e9ef4e0bfc307026ccba04c8d297"
+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 199 (2020rs) — Limestone Co., churches, self-defense or defense of others, physical force authorized, const. amend.
+
+## 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/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB199-int.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2020rs/PrintFiles/HB199-enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 88 — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+- Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 560 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 89 — **55–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crawford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 88 `passage`
+- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 89
+- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
+- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 559 `passage`
+- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Chambliss motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 560
+- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
+- **2020-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
+- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
+- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2020-92. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
+- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:40 p.m. on May 7, 2020.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b68da855-4caa-419b-8a88-5da66f6bd665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
+