---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coal mine safety, qualifications revised for certain coal mine personnel, Secs. 25-9-11, 25-9-12, 25-9-17 am'd."
description: "Coal mine safety, qualifications revised for certain coal mine personnel, Secs. 25-9-11, 25-9-12, 25-9-17 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Alabama SB 252 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coal Mining"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e4bc5ef-6992-42d5-ac84-3aa42290c2e8"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB252"
source_hash: "452438e8e1ad44f69dfe129bb987a3dc8a1206f6ea19d654c5cef8f3db1f0adc"
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 252 (2019rs) — Coal mine safety, qualifications revised for certain coal mine personnel, Secs. 25-9-11, 25-9-12, 25-9-17 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/SB252-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 199075-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199075-3.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 199082-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/199082-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB252-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB252-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 330 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 329 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 331 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 682 — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — 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 Senate committee on Transportation and Energy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 329 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 330 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 331 `passage`
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 682 `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-225. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e4bc5ef-6992-42d5-ac84-3aa42290c2e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).