---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chilton Co., dangerous dogs, procedures for declaring dog dangerous in unincorporated areas of county, registration requirement, criminal penalties, const. amend."
description: "Chilton Co., dangerous dogs, procedures for declaring dog dangerous in unincorporated areas of county, registration requirement, criminal penalties, const. amend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2018rs"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Alabama HB 203 (2018rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Amendments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38ee6d8b-65c2-44c7-a123-5eaa453499e9"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB203"
source_hash: "c1eb9a100298a2f4d7fe78659914ce7ba14652b9a1c2fa561f1158f5c1923e9c"
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 203 (2018rs) — Chilton Co., dangerous dogs, procedures for declaring dog dangerous in unincorporated areas of county, registration requirement, criminal penalties, 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/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB203-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2018rs/PrintFiles/HB203-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Martin motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 93 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 675 — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 92 — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Ward motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 676 — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 92 `passage`
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Martin motion to Local Application adopted Roll Call 93
- **2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 675 `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ward motion to adopt Local Application Resolution adopted Roll Call 676
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Secretary of State at 1:42 p.m. on March 8, 2018.
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2018-184. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38ee6d8b-65c2-44c7-a123-5eaa453499e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).