---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service animals, individual with a disability, rights and responsibilities for use in a public accommodation or a housing accommodation, criminal penalties for misrepresentation or denial, interference under certain conditions, Secs. 21-7-1 to 21-7-9, inclusive, am'd."
description: "Service animals, individual with a disability, rights and responsibilities for use in a public accommodation or a housing accommodation, criminal penalties for misrepresentation or denial, interference under certain conditions, Secs. 21-7-1 to 21-7-9, inclusive, am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Alabama SB 10 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman-Madison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e923bf4-af1f-4470-8452-1ff6a540d774"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB10"
source_hash: "300934fe5df1df41acb1da265aefde49e9a8012264cb7aaad6b931d1d09c7e4e"
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 10 (2019rs) — Service animals, individual with a disability, rights and responsibilities for use in a public accommodation or a housing accommodation, criminal penalties for misrepresentation or denial, interference under certain conditions, Secs. 21-7-1 to 21-7-9, inclusive, 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/SB10-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 198065-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/198065-2.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199067-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199067-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB10-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB10-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 248 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 247 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 196 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Fridy motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1222 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman-Madison — 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 Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Judiciary first Substitute Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 196 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Coleman-Madison motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 247 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 248 `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Fridy motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1222 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-478. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e923bf4-af1f-4470-8452-1ff6a540d774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).