---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., wildlife management areas, penalties for violating laws and rules, classification of offense, Sec. 9-11-307 am'd."
description: "Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., wildlife management areas, penalties for violating laws and rules, classification of offense, Sec. 9-11-307 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Alabama SB 97 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation and Natural Resources Department"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sessions"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27395e7-b667-4372-9ac5-e396309e7da1"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB97"
source_hash: "57da36bb8c032f20240b355f08227639759a989f389df7f521346518f62acb8d"
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 97 (2019rs) — Conservation and Natural Resources Dept., wildlife management areas, penalties for violating laws and rules, classification of offense, Sec. 9-11-307 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/SB97-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB97-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 946 — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 198 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sessions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 198 `passage`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 946 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-369. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a27395e7-b667-4372-9ac5-e396309e7da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).