---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, public high schools, number of restroom fixtures reduced at sports stadiums for each sex based on seating occupancy, Sec. 16-1-2.3 added."
description: "Schools, public high schools, number of restroom fixtures reduced at sports stadiums for each sex based on seating occupancy, Sec. 16-1-2.3 added."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Alabama HB 159 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187b3132-1813-455e-9c4d-c5d997c8e6c0"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB159"
source_hash: "56f6e07803adb89fff0b6f54e69b43f17d9683765193382512b8c2a0cbda57fe"
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 159 (2019rs) — Schools, public high schools, number of restroom fixtures reduced at sports stadiums for each sex based on seating occupancy, Sec. 16-1-2.3 added.

## 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/HB159-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 200091-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200091-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 200473-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200473-1.pdf)
4. **Amd/Sub 200924-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/200924-3.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB159-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/HB159-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1230 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Lee motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1100 — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 481 — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Lee motion to Table adopted Roll Call 482 — **58–9** (pass) · lower
- Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1229 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 484 — **87–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 483 — **5–65** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — 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 House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lee Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 481 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lipscomb Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lee motion to Table adopted Roll Call 482 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Lipscomb motion to Indefinitely Postpone lost
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 483 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 484 `passage`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Education Policy Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Chesteen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1229 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1230 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Lee motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1100 `passage`
- **2019-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-388. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/187b3132-1813-455e-9c4d-c5d997c8e6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).