---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dogs, dangerous defined, procedure and hearing provided to determine if dangerous, registration, penalties, liability of owner, Emily's Law"
description: "Dogs, dangerous defined, procedure and hearing provided to determine if dangerous, registration, penalties, liability of owner, Emily's Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Alabama SB 232 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Livingston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17d22a2-ac2c-4e5e-ae76-db099df15517"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB232"
source_hash: "38fa41fef2a515842211d09c6f8681f5d36a0f4ee9cb3c50a8fe310976999a78"
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 SB 232 (2018rs) — Dogs, dangerous defined, procedure and hearing provided to determine if dangerous, registration, penalties, liability of owner, Emily's Law

## 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB232-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB232-eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/SB232-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 421 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 420 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Livingston motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 540 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 528 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 527 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 526 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 525 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Smith motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 401 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 399 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 400 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Williams motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 419 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 399 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 400 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Smith Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Smith motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 401 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Williams Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Williams motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 419 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 420 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 421 `passage`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 525 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security #2 Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 526 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Boothe Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 527 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 528 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Livingston motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 540 `passage`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-182. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security second Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17d22a2-ac2c-4e5e-ae76-db099df15517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).